PSW 2322 Atom by Atom Manufacturing: Making Atomically Perfect Materials and Machines | John Randall from t psw Watch Video
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⏲ Duration: 50 min 96 sec ✓ Published: 01-Nov-2013
Description: Friday, October 18, 2013nJohn N. RandallnnTechnological progress is limited by manufacturing precision, a relationship first studied by Norio Taniguichi in the 1970s. Revolutionary inventions, even when made into working prototypes, have languished without realizing societal or economic benefits for long periods (hundreds of years) after their invention because manufacturing precision necessary to mass produce them was not available. A contemporary example of precision's limitation on technology