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Merkle-Freitas Hydrocarbon Molecular Assembler (2000-2003)". Molecularassembler.com. 2005-08-01 . Retrieved 2009-09-16. The design space for machine replicators is very broad. A comprehensive study [8] to date by Robert Freitas and Ralph Merkle has identified 137 design dimensions grouped into a dozen separate categories, including: (1) Replication Control, (2) Replication Information, (3) Replication Substrate, (4) Replicator Structure, (5) Passive Parts, (6) Active Subunits, (7) Replicator Energetics, (8) Replicator Kinematics, (9) Replication Process, (10) Replicator Performance, (11) Product Structure, and (12) Evolvability.

WIPO. "(WO/1996/020453) SELF REPRODUCING FUNDAMENTAL FABRICATING MACHINES (F-UNITS)". Wipo.int. Archived from the original on 2019-11-01 . Retrieved 2009-09-16. Lifeless' prion proteins are 'capable of evolution' ". BBC News. 2010-01-01 . Retrieved 2013-10-22.

In 2004, Robert Freitas and Ralph Merkle published the first comprehensive review of the field of self-replication (from which much of the material in this article is derived, with permission of the authors), in their book Kinematic Self-Replicating Machines, which includes 3000+ literature references. [3] This book included a new molecular assembler design, [61] a primer on the mathematics of replication, [62] and the first comprehensive analysis of the entire replicator design space. [63] a b HenryQuastler (1964) Emergence of Biological Organization, Yale University Press, New Haven Connecticut ASIN: B0000CMHJ2 Type 6A shuttlecraft were equipped with a replicator, but did not solely rely on it for emergencies and so also carried a supply of emergency rations. ( LD: " Where Pleasant Fountains Lie")

The replicator played a key role in spreading the Ktarian game around the Enterprise-D in 2368. ( TNG: " The Game") Replicator needs to integrate with the defense industrial base and to ramp up drone production. It should leverage commercial technologies, according to Greenwalt. Echoing this point, Clark said that the DoD needs to show its interest and investment in drones as a signal to the industrial base to increase production. Recent research [7] has begun to categorize replicators, often based on the amount of support they require. By virtually eliminating material scarcity, replicator technology plays an important role in the moneyless human economy within the Star Trek universe. BeeHex, an Ohio startup company, received a grant in 2013 from NASA intended for developing long-spaceflight food 3D printing technology. They now build food printing robots for eventual public use. [10]A 2016 article in The New Yorker noted that replicators may be a "metaphor for the distant endpoint of the Industrial Revolution". [14] They point out that technology as presented in Star Trek: The Next Generation changes the moral equation of being human, because nearly anything you want can be created with a request. [14] Freitas Interstellar Probe Replicator (1979-1980)". Molecularassembler.com. 2005-08-01 . Retrieved 2009-09-16. However, always having "acceptable nutritional value" apparently did not mean that always consuming replicated food necessarily meant one would have a balanced diet no matter what they ate. Kayshon once stated to Brad Boimler, after the latter accidentally insulted his weight in the Tamarian language, that it was difficult to lose weight when one could replicate any food they wanted. ( LD: " Wej Duj") A speculative, more complex "chip factory" was specified to produce the computer and electronic systems, but the designers also said that it might prove practical to ship the chips from Earth as if they were "vitamins".

Nanotechnologists in particular believe that their work will likely fail to reach a state of maturity until human beings design a self-replicating assembler of nanometer dimensions. [1] Historians of machine tools, even before the numerical control era, sometimes figuratively said that machine tools were a unique class of machines because they have the ability to "reproduce themselves" [8] by copying all of their parts. Implicit in these discussions is that a human would direct the cutting processes (later planning and programming the machines), and would then assemble the parts. The same is true for RepRaps, which are another class of machines sometimes mentioned in reference to such non-autonomous "self-replication". In contrast, machines that are truly autonomously self-replicating (like biological machines) are the main subject discussed here. Starfleet's safety protocols prevent unauthorized replication of dangerous objects, such as weapons and poisonous substances. [4] Toth-Fejel Kinematic Cellular Automata (2003-2004)". Molecularassembler.com . Retrieved 2009-09-16. Given the currently keen interest in biotechnology and the high levels of funding in that field, attempts to exploit the replicative ability of existing cells are timely, and may easily lead to significant insights and advances.

a b Drexler, K. Eric (1986). "Engines of Abundance (Chapter 4) Clanking Replicators". Engines of Creation. For a discussion of other chemical bases for hypothetical self-replicating systems, see alternative biochemistry.