_ Like numerous robot arms, the nozzles spit out drops of material like pixels, which constitute the object.

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3-D PRINTER: UNIVERSAL MACHINE FOR DOMESTIC MANUFACTURING (REVISITED!!!) Below are some modifications to my design:

_ At the input end of the printer, there are many cartridge slots where required gel-like materials are provided. Each slot is connected to several nozzles at the bottom of the printer. _ The printer heats the materials (the “heat” light turns red). _ In order, the printer “reads” each layer then sends data to the detector inside the printer. _ Upon receiving the data, the detector will make an overall scan of all cartridge slots to determine the substance contained within each slot. _ Information about the available slots will then be sent back from the detector to the computer for further processing. _ Complete information is finally transferred to the central processor located inside the printer for executing. _ Like numerous robot arms, the nozzle spits out drops of material like pixels, which constitute the object.

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I-WORLD'S MATERIAL MANUFACTURING PROCESS I-World has vast natural gas and ore resources. Everyday, vans equipped with large spider-silk tanks ship highly pressurized gas from gas wells and extracted ores from mining fields to the material-processing center. Other sources of alkanes and minerals come from meteorites as well as tails of comets, which are driven to I-World's orbit by satellite-magnet. At the material-processing center, natural gas and extracted ores are separated to produce pure carbons, hydrogens and other elements. This separation is accomplished by first vaporizing the raw materials in a solar furnace. Then the vaporized materials pass through an ionization chamber to become ionized (positively charged). The ionized vapor is then accelerated into a finely focused beam in which all ions have the same kinetic energy. The beam passes near a strong magnetic field which will cause the lighter atoms to diverge from their original path more than the heavier atoms do. The separated atoms would then be collected and cooled to liquid, with a separate collector for each element. I-World can produce all kinds of materials that can be imagined. With the knowledge of the material’s chemical structure, I-World residents use microbots to actively implement all chemical reactions. In general, a microbot is composed of 3 jointed modules. The biggest middle module is the body. The flexible right module with a magnetic active site is called detecting arm. The left module with a magnetic active site is called constructing arm. Embedded in each module is a processing chip that is programmed to control the module’s sensitivity and activity. The microbot is made of a material that is superelastic and has a very high boiling point. First, one or more liquid reactants are introduced into the tank reactor together with the microbots. Prior to entering the tank, each microbot was installed an extremely sophisticated instruction that guides it throughout the assembly process. The process begins with the body commanding the detecting arm to “pick up” the first atom. By detecting the wave emitted by each kind of atom, the detecting arm will bind the closest required reactant to its active site by magnetic force. When the atom is in place, the active site will automatically close. In the closed active site, the atom is “processed” such as changing orientation so that it’s ready for assembly. Then the detecting arm will bend so that it meets the constructing arm at their active sites. Here, the detecting arm’s active site is uncharged while the constructing arm’s active site is positively charged, thus, takes over the atom. Such a process is repeated until the expected product is formed. The detecting arm can be elongated if the product has a length of hundreds of atoms. Then the constructing arm is uncharged and the product is released. When the reaction process reaches its equilibrium, the microbots, the remaining reactants and the products are separated by distillation. The remaining reactants and the microbots are drained back to their collectors for later use. If the product is going to be marketed as a material for 3D printers which use most materials produced, it will further go through a process of gelation in which liquid or solid product is transformed into a “memory elastic gel”, which will shrink to its normal form at low temperature.

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WELCOME TO I-WORLD! An imagined world brought to you by Minh. From now on, week by week, I will tell you some aspects of I-World in a view of a self-replicating habitat. Later in May, these aspects will integrate into a story told by Alice, who, in her dream, was guided by Solomon, a robot, to visit his I-World:

WELCOME TO I-WORLD! An imagined world brought to you by Minh. From now on, week by week, I will tell you some aspects of I-World in a view of a self-replicating habitat. Later in May, these aspects will integrate into a story told by Alice, who, in her dream, was guided by Solomon, a robot, to visit his I-World:****************************************************

3-D PRINTER: UNIVERSAL MACHINE FOR DOMESTIC MANUFACTURING

• 3-D PRINTER: UNIVERSAL MACHINE FOR DOMESTIC MANUFACTURING

A 3-D printer is a breakthrough in technology and it soon becomes a leading universal machine to produce goods ranging from simple domestic objects to sophisticated electronic devices. The advantage of a 3-D printer is that it can produce any kind of product in any shape and from any material. Moreover, its size is just that of a mini fridge so it can accommodate anywhere in a house. The disadvantage is that it can produce objects no bigger than 69 in x 35 in x 24 in (such as a refrigerator). Larger objects (such as a car) are still manufactured in a factory.

I ) Content:

A 3-D *************************printer is a breakthrough in technology and it soon becomes a leading universal machine to produce goods ranging from simple domestic objects to sophisticated electronic devices. The advantage of a 3-D printer is that it can produce any kind of product in any shape and from any material. Moreover, its size is just that of a mini fridge so it can accommodate anywhere in a house. The disadvantage is that it can produce objects no bigger than 69 in x 35 in x 24 in (such as a refrigerator). Larger objects (such as a car) are still manufactured in a factory.

WELCOME TO I-WORLD! An imagined world brought to you by Minh. From now on, week by week, I will tell you some aspects of I-World in a view of a self-replicating habitat. Later in May, these aspects will integrate into a story told by Alice, who, in her dream, was guided by Solomon, a robot, to visit his I-World:

3-D PRINTER: UNIVERSAL MACHINE FOR DOMESTIC MANUFACTURING

A 3-D printer is a breakthrough in technology and it soon becomes a leading universal machine to produce goods ranging from simple domestic objects to sophisticated electronic devices. The advantage of a 3-D printer is that it can produce any kind of product in any shape and from any material. Moreover, its size is just that of a mini fridge so it can accommodate anywhere in a house. The disadvantage is that it can produce objects no bigger than 69 in x 35 in x 24 in (such as a refrigerator). Larger objects (such as a car) are still manufactured in a factory.

The followings are major components of the 3-D printer:

_ A cube printer which looks like a mini fridge

_ The printer is supported by 2 plastic supports that can move up and down relative to the size of the printed object.

_ On the top of the printer is a funnel-like feeder

_ At the front of the printer, there are 2 signal lights: one is “melt” light and the other is “start” light.

_ At the bottom, there are numerous nano-size nozzles

_ At the base, there is a chargeable non-stick pad.

_ The printer is connected to a computer through a cable.

The working of the 3-D printer is just like that of a regular ink-jet printer:

_ Software is bought at the market or downloaded from the internet

_ A special program in the computer will process the model layer by layer and send the information to the printer.

_ User reads information about the materials needed from the computer screen.

_ Materials are provided to the printer through the feeder.

_ Materials are melted.

_ Nozzles spray material layer by layer to the base until a complete object is printed.

Discussion:

_ Since the printer is made from materials and its size is relatively small, it can be printed from itself. Is it called self-replicating?

_ Is a printer a replicating machine (like fax machine or photocopy machine)?

_ A robot in I-World uses this kind of printer to “print” its component and has the component assembled to its body at the robot-self-replicating center.

_ Human parts (such as Alice’s part) can be produced since cells, when located close to each other, tend to fuse.

_ No pollution! No delivery cost! No trade in physical objects! What “people” in I-World buy and sell are software and materials

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IMPORTANT!!! IMPORTANT!!! IMPORTANT!!! IMPORTANT!!! IMPORTANT!!!

I’ve made several changes in my project both in the content and the method of presentation

I ) Content: -

1) I’m no longer interested in designing materials that can self-replicate. In stead, I will design a manufacturing process in which all kinds of materials (that you can imagined) are made possible by the use of………nanobots.

2) Since I mentioned the role of nanobots in the manufacturing process, I will provide the design of self-replicating nanobots.

3) There will be self-replicating factory complex. Let’s see!

4) I will design a 3-D copy printer that can print any small and medium object based on software model

II) Method of presentation:

Due to the characteristic of my project, besides all the methods I mentioned earlier in the proposal, I will write a story as well. Remember that methods of presentation are subject to change.

Confused?

Below is the updated outline of my project:

_ An overview of I-World as a habitat.

_ Self-replicating factory complex

_ Material manufacturing process

_ Self-replicating nanobot

_ Self-replicating robot

_ Domestic manufacturing using 3-D printer

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