Manufacturing takes place in very large facilities. If you want to build a computer chip, you need a giant semiconductor fabrication facility. But nature can grow complex molecular machines using nothing more than a plant. Ralph Merkle buildchipcomplex share on social
We are looking at a future where to a first approximation, everyone is wealthy. Ralph Merkle approximationfuturewealthy Change image and share on social
Nanotechnology will let us build computers that are incredibly powerful. We'll have more power in the volume of a sugar cube than exists in the entire world today. Ralph Merkle buildcomputercube Change image and share on social
We see an entire planet which has many limitations. Ralph Merkle entirelimitationplanet Change image and share on social
One of the issues facing us today is that there are countries where there is a serious lack of resources, the standards of living are very low, and this creates a fundamental unease and discomfort in entire populations. Ralph Merkle countrycreatediscomfort share on social
Lighter computers and lighter sensors would let you have more function in a given weight, which is very important if you are launching things into space, and you have to pay by the pound to put things there. Ralph Merkle computerfunctionimportant share on social
A molecular manufacturing technology will let us build molecular surgical tools, and those tools will, for the first time, let us directly address the problems at the very root level. Ralph Merkle addressbuilddirectly Change image and share on social
We can grow crops less expensively because molecular manufacturing technology is inherently low cost. Ralph Merkle costcropexpensively Change image and share on social
Many people in the world today are not starving because there is an inherent inability to produce food, they are starving because they are caught in the middle of political fights and blockades that have been used as weapons. Ralph Merkle blockadecatchfight share on social
