"Robert J. Bradbury" <bradbury@aeiveos.com> writes:
> On 22 Mar 2000, Anders Sandberg wrote:
>
> > g_luxmast <g_luxmast@loja.net> writes:
> >
> > > I was thinking if with the theories just known, there is any
> > > possibility of teleactuating in nanoscale. For example telemoving
> > > individual atoms ...
> >
> > To my knowledge there are no such ways that work over macroscopic
> > distances.
> >
> > The problem is that to hold an atom, you need some kind of field (most
> > likely an electromagnetic field) around it, and since they tend to
> > fall off with the square (or more) of the distance the range is rather
> > limited.
>
> Anders, it depends what is meant by the "teleactuate" in this question.
My impression of luxmast's original post was to assemble atoms without any
close physical contact, like across a room or on a different planet.
Normal telepresence is easy enough.
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