spiderman-greygoo

Fear of runaway [|nanobots], or “gray goo”, is more of a public issue than a scientific problem. Gray goo as a result of out of control nanotechnology played a starring role in an article titled "[|The Gray Goo Problem]" by Lawrence Osborne in today's [|New York Times Magazine]. This article and other recent fictional portrayals of gray goo, as well as statements by scientists such as [|Richard Smalley], are signs of significant public concern. But although biosphere-eating goo is a gripping story, current [|molecular manufacturing] proposals contain nothing even similar to gray goo. The idea that nanotechnology manufacturing systems could run amok is based on outdated information.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_goo [|http://www.iop.org/EJ/news/-topic%3D763/journal/0957-4484] http://www.kurzweilai.net/meme/frame.html?main=/articles/art0142.html?