X-Message-Number: 17649 Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2001 01:44:50 -0400 From: Thomas Donaldson <> Subject: CryoNet #17639 - #17645 A few words, again: I liked DC Johnson's allosteric proteins as examples of nanomachines. I also have read the issue of SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN on nanotechnology, and would point out that so far we haven't made our own "electronic version" as yet: not just a single part but a whole connected set or parts to do a job which none of them could do individually. Perhaps Smalley will turn out to be at least half-right: that we cannot make our nanomachines on the same mechanical principles as we even make our micromachines. That we can still make nanomachines to do what we need remains very likely, of course --- but we'll have to look at existing nanomachines much more closely than before. As for the member of Alcor killed in the recent attack on the World Trade Center (now Former), he provides one major example as to why even the means to vitrify our patients will not protect them all. In fact, as we deal with the normal diseases of aging, we may well lose the ability to work with patients who appear beforehand and can be set up for vitrification beforehand. Best wishes and long long life for all, Thomas Donaldson Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=17649