From: Spike Jones (spike66@ibm.net)
Date: Tue Jun 01 1999 - 22:43:58 MDT
Jeff Davis wrote:
> ...Since mitochondria are common to all cell types, nanochondria can be
> applied throughout the body. So, from nanochondria as the starting point,
> the idea snowballs to replacing the whole range of subcellular structures,
> and organelles, until you end up with the complete nanonic posthuman
> specifically designed (purposefully evolved) for a seamless upload, while
> simultaneously retaining remote material agency and sensory capability...
Jeff! This is a masterpiece! Thanks. {8^] The power source for nanobots
has always been problematic. ATP is an energetic molecule, just asking for
some cell to extract the energy by a controlled chemical decomposition. If
some theoretical nanorganism (Gina Miller's term) were to adapt itself to
living off of ATP in a cell, and could figure out how to interconnect themselves
(perhaps via Jeff's buckytube notion) they could perhaps form a sort of
meta-brain, within a living organism, without otherwise disturbing the host
organism. One could imagine a whale might be an ideal host, or perhaps
a giant redwood. Or a human, for the metabrain might be able to somehow
suggest actions for the human to carry out. Mediclorians? spike
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