[p2p-research] organic architecture and post-scarcity

[Eugen Leitl]

On Mon, Nov 02, 2009 at 01:31:18PM -0500, Paul D. Fernhout wrote:

> "Utility fog" is a nanotech idea in that direction of "automatic growth". I 

You don't need fully programmable matter in order to grow. A termite-like
model (macroscale, or microscale) would do nicely. Both fuel and substrate
can come either from natural gas lines, or in situ photovoltaics (enrich
and fixate air CO2/H2O as feedstock).

3d systems for incremental deposition of more or less arbitrary shapes 
in building construction exist.

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