Index

Kinematic Self-Replicating Machines

Robert A. Freitas Jr., Ralph C. Merkle, Kinematic Self-Replicating Machines, Landes Bioscience, Georgetown, TX, 2004.

Index

A
abortive karyogamy
abuse(s)
accident(s)
Acetobacter xylinum
acetylene
acetylene decomposition
acoustic cavitation
acoustic control pulse energy
acoustic frequency
acoustic heating
acoustic signals
acoustic torque and fluid streaming
acoustic transducer and pressure bands
acoustic transducer for power and control
active or passive
active subunits
active subunits complexity
active subunits scale
active subunits types
Adamatzky, Andrew
Adami, Christof
Adams, Bryant
Adams, Michael
Adams, Scott
additive mechanosynthesis
additive synthesis
addressable protein targeting
adenovirus(es)
“Advanced Automation for Space Missions”
Advanced Mechatronics Laboratory
Advanced Microsystems Laboratory
Advanced Technology Program
Aerobacter aerogenes
AFM
African elephant
African giant pouched rat
African wild dog
age and gender distributions
age at first reproduction
age for maturity
Agency of Industrial Science and Technology
agent-based
age of menarche
agile assembly architecture
Agile Assembly project
agoric algorithms
agoric system(s)
AGV
AI
Aiken, Howard
AIST
Akin, David L.
Alaska pipeline
Alberti, Patrizia
Alexandrian water clock of Ctesibus
Alexandridis, Paschalis
algae
algorithmic chemistry
algorithmic replication
AlkadophilusTM
Allan Hills meteorite
Allison, Truett
allometric scaling laws
“allopoietic” machine
alternative history
ALU
Amabilino, David
American beech
American Chemical Society
American elm
American holly
American Model Builder
American Plastic Bricks
Ames Research Center
Ami-Lac
amino acid(s)
Amoeba dubia
Amoeba proteus
Amoeba Robot project
amorphous computing
AMP
amplication
analog replication
analog specification
Analytical Engine
anaphase
Anderson, Poul
AND gate(s) / AND
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Angelucci, Rocky
animal breeding
Anker
antibiotics
antibody binding
anti-crossbreeding
Antikythera computer
anti-mRNA
antisense RNAs
“ant-size” robot
Apollo Moon Program
apoptosis
Apple II
Apple Worm
appropriate automation
Arabidopsis thaliana
ARAMIS
Arbib, Michael
Arbib machines
Archimedes
architecture for machine replication
arctic fox
arctic ground squirrel
Arizona State University
Arnold, Marc E.
array(s)
arrival date
artificial atoms
artificial automata
artificial biological replicators
artificial biorobots
artificial cells
artificial cellular replicators
artificial chemistry
artificial chromosomes
artificial diatom patterns
artificial DNA structures
artificial intelligence
Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
artificial kinematic replicators
artificial life
Artificial Life Journal
artificial life program(s)
artificial life simulation(s)
artificial living plant(s)
artificial macromolecular machines
artificial mechanoenzymes
artificial microbes
artificial organism(s)
artificial programmable self-replicating manufacturing systems
artificial protocell
artificial replicator(s)
artificial reproducer(s)
artificial viroids
Aryananda, Lijin
asexual reproduction / asexual
Asian elephant
Aspen Institute
assemblers have not yet been demonstrated
assembler casings
assembler simulation
assembler wall dimensions
assembly (cf. fabrication) <Chapter 4, paragraph 4 footnote, only>
assembly device
assembly line(s)
assembly mechanism style
assembly module(s)
assembly of nanoparts without fabrication
assembly of nanoscale building blocks
assembly of parts
assembly process style
assembly robot(s)
assembly sector(s)
assembly station(s)
assisted replication
assisted-reproduction
associator
assumptions and design tradeoffs explicitly stated
“A Study On Safe Nanotechnology”
asynchronous cellular automata / “asynchronous” cellular automaton
A Tale of Two Cities
Atkinson, William
atom count
atomic conveyor belt
Atomic Energy Commission
atomic holography
atomic separator
“ATOMS” project
ATP
Attila
attractor(s)
attractor-based heredity
attractor-based systems
audit trails
authorization codes
auto- (clarified) <Chapter 4, paragraph 7, only>
auto-assisted reproduction
AutoCAD
autocatalysis
autocatalytic assembly
autocatalytic chemical networks
autocatalytic cycles
autocatalytic network(s)
autocatalytic polynucleotide systems
autocatalytic rate constant
autocatalytic reaction
autocatalytic reaction networks
autocatalytic replication
autocatalytic replicators
autocatalytic sets of proteins
AutoDesk
“Autofac”
autogeneric system
automata replication
automata theory / theory of automata
automated assembly / automatic assembly
automated fabrication
automated factory(ies) / automatic factory
Automated Machine Shop
automated microassembly
automated part assembly
automated planning
automated robot-building factory
automated work cells
automatically guided vehicle
automobile assembly lines
autonomous / autonomy / autonomously
autonomous fabrication
autonomous kinematic replicator
autonomously powered
autonomous macroscale replicator(s)
autonomous replicator
autonomous replicons
autonomous robotic factory
autonomous robotics
autonomous self-extending machines
autonomous self-replicating electromechanical intelligences
autonomous self-replicating robot / autonomous self-replicating robotic system
autonomous system(s)
Autonomous Systems Engineering Laboratory
autopoiesis
autopoietic machine(s)
autopoietic reproduction
“autopoietic” system(s)
autoproductive
autoproductive vs. auxilioproductive <page number of Section 5.1.9.J7, paragraph 4>
auto-replicable RNAs
auto-reproduction / auto-reproducer
auxesis
auxeticity / auxetic
auxetic replication
auxilioproductive
auxon
Avena sativum
axolotl
Azobacter chroococcum

B
Babbage, Charles
baboon
Bachand, G.D.
Bacillus subtilis
BACs
backward chaining
Bacteria <can also be used> as physical system components <search w/brackets, then delete>
bacterial artificial chromosomes
bacterial ribosome
bacteriophage
Badertscher, A.
Bagley, Richard J.
Ball, Philip
Baltimore, David
Bankard, Jim
Banks, Jessica
Banzhaf, Wolfgang
Barricelli, Nils
Barros, Emanuel F.
Bartel, David P.
base excision repair
base-pair mismatch correction systems
basic component
batch Trojan generator
BattleBots
Bayko
B-DNA
beam-based machine replication
beam lithography
BEAM robot games
Bedau, Mark A.
Bedford College
beef
behavioral information
Belcher, Angela M.
Bell Aircraft Corporation
Bell Laboratories / Bell Labs
Bell Telephone Laboratories
Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction
Benner, Steven A.
Benson, Eric
Bererton, Curt
Bererton self-repairing robots
Bergstrom, D.E.
Berkeley, Edmund C.
Bernal, J.D.
Bernstein, Jeremy
Berserker
Berube, David M.
Best, Robert G.
Beuchat, J.-L.
big brown bat
Bigelow
Bi-gender
Billeter, Martin
BILOFIX
binary fission
Binet, J.P.M.
Binet’s formula
Bing’s Structator
Binnig, Gerd Karl
BioBricks
BioCyc
bioengineered self-replicating viruses
Bioethics Statement of Principles
bio-inspired systems
biological clock
biologically-inspired microscale robots
biological replicator(s)
biological virus(es)
bioMEMS device
biomining
biomolecular-directed positional parts assembly
biomorphic machine(s)
biomorphic survival laws
bioremediation
biorobotics
biorobot(s)
biotechnology
biotechnology replicators
biovorous ecophagy
BioWall
biphase assembler
birnavirus(es)
Birol, I.
birth factory
birth-immature replicator(s)
birth-mature replicator(s)
birth rates
Bishop, Forrest
Bishop overtool universal assembler
Bishop rotary assembler
Bishop’s XY active cell and cell aggregate
Bishop, Robert H.
black cherry
black hole
blacksmith’s tools
black walnut
black willow
block assemblers
Blockmen
blueprint(s)
blue whale
Bock, Edward
Boeing
Boerlijst, Maarten
Bogdanov, A.A.
Bohringer, Karl F.
Bohringer taxonomy of microassembly <all of Section 5.1.7, only>
Bojinov, Hristo
Boland, Thomas
Bonner, John Tyler
bootstrap / bootstrapping
bootstrap-capable system
bootstrapping sequence
born pregnant
Bose-Einstein condensates
Boston University
Bostrom, Nick
Boto river dolphin
bottom-up
boundary
Boyce, Chris
Bracewell, Ronald N.
Bradbury, Robert J.
Bradley, William E.
Bradley self-replicating teleoperated machine shop
BRAL
Brandeis University
Brandon, Robert N.
Braun, Erez
Brazilian tapir
Breivik, Jarle
Brevundimonas diminuta
Brik-O-Built
Brill, David
Brin, David
Brio
Bristle Blocks
British Association for the Advancement of Science
British Interplanetary Society
brittleness
broadcast architecture
broadcast architecture for control
broadcast instructions / broadcasting instructions
Brody, James P.
Brooklyn College
Brooks living machines program
Brooks, Rodney
Brown, James H.
Brownian motion
Brownian self-assembly
Browning, Iben
Browning unnatural living state
Brown University
Brunel University
Brunner, John
Buckley, William R.
Buddhist texts
buildability
Builderific
building block(s)
Buildo
bulk fluid and laminar flows
Burch, John
Burger, John
Burke, Jim
Burks, Arthur W.
bushy stunt virus
Butler, Samuel
Byl, J.
B-Z structural transition in DNA

C
CA
Cabanis, Pierre
CAD
CAE
Caenorhabditis elegans
Cairns-Smith, A.G.
calcium
Calder, Nigel
California Institute of Technology / Cal Tech
California Polytechnic State University
California State University at Chico
Calutron
Calvin, M.
CAM
Cambrian explosion
Cambridge University
cam-driven manipulation
Canadian lynx
canalization
Cann, Alan J.
Cannon, Robert
Canny, John
Capek, Karel
capsid
capsomeres
carbon nanotube(s)
carbothermic process / carbothermic element separation cycle
Carlton, Celeste
Carnegie Mellon University
Case, John
cased hydrocarbon assembler
Caselli, Giovanni
casting
Castro, Carlos A.
cat
catalytic molecules
catenane(s)
caviar
cavitation
cDNA
CEBOT
cell cycle
cell division
Cellicon Inc.
Cell MatrixTM
cell metabolic engineering
cell-powered mechanical motors
cell surface engineering
cell theory
cellular automata(automaton)
cellular automata model of machine replication / cellular automaton (CA) model of
machine replication
cellular model of machine replication
cellular repair nanorobots
cellular robotic system
cellular spaces
cellulose
CELSS
Center for Automation Technologies
Center for Bits and Atoms
Center for Responsible Nanotechnology
Center of High Technologies in Manufacturing Systems
centralized logic replication
centrally-planned machinery
centromere(s)
certify Guidelines compliance
Cesarano, Joseph, III
Chakrabarty, Ananda
chalcid wasp (Encarsia formosa)
channel and net
Chang, Kenneth
Chaos chaos
checkpoint(s)
checksum correction
checksum function
chemical finite state machines
chemical oscillating reactions
chemical processing sector(s)
chemical reaction automata
chemical replicator(s)
chemical self-replicating system
chemical spatial pattern formation
chemical vapor deposition
chemotactic factors
Chen, I.-Ming
chess
chessboard
chess-move calculation hardware chips
chess-playing computer
chicken
Childs, Gwen V.
Chilomonas paramecium (Mastigophora)
chimeric fusion proteins
chimeric pRNA
chimeric virus
chimpanzee
chinchilla
chirality
Chirikjian, Gregory S.
Chirikjian group self-replicating LEGO® robots
Chirikjian self-replicating lunar factory(ies)
chlorarachniophyte(s)
Chlorella
chloroplast(s)
Chou, Hui-Hsien
chromatid(s)
chromatin
chromosome(s)
chromosome engineering
Cicchetti, D.
ciliates
CIM
CimStation Robotics
citric acid cycle
Clarke, Arthur C.
classical theory of self-replication
clathrate(s)
CLBs
clean manufacturing and pollution-free operation
Clemson University
Cliff, Rodger A.
Closed Environment Life Support Systems
Clostridium botulinum
closure condition
closure engineering
closure index
closure theory
CMU
CMV
CNC / CNCs
CNTs
Codd, E.F.
CODES Lab
Cog
CoinStruction
C. oligotrophus
collagen
Collins, Charles Michael
Collins fabricator
Collins, Mike
Collins patents on reproductive mechanics
Colombano, Silvano P.
Colorado State University
comb drive(s)
command and control system / control and command system
commercially nonviable
Commodore PET/CBM
Commonwealth Club
community diversity
community robodynamics
compartmentalization
compartmentation
competitive exclusion
complementarity
complexification
component analysis
composable structures
compound interest
compustat selection experiments
computational astrophysics
computational modeling
computational modeling of self-assembly processes
Computational Nanotechnology Project
computational simulations of artificial replicators
computer-aided assembly planning
computer-aided design
computer-aided manufacturing
computer-assisted
computer control
computer-integrated manufacturing
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
computer virus(es)
configurable logic blocks
confined-fluid density layering
“confluent” states
conformational switch(es)
Connection Machine
connector subsystem
CONRO
consensus-copy correction
constructible machine
Construction C10
construction (defined) <Chapter 4, paragraph 4 footnote, only>
construction error
construction machine
construction-style assembly
construction toys
constructional universality
Construct-O-Craft
Constux
contact guidance
continuous extrusion systems
continuous model
control autonomy
controller subsystem
convergent assembly / convergent-assembly
convergent assembly factory length, volume, and replication time
convergent assembly manufacturing systems
convergent assembly nanofactory system(s) / convergent assembly factory system
convergent assembly processes
converter
conveyor
Conway
Cook, Matthew
cooperative reverse engineering
Copik, Alicja J.
Coppinger, Robert J.
copy error
copy number control / copy number
Core Wars
Cornell Nanofabrication Facility
Cornell University
Corynebacterium diphtheriae
cotton
Cousins, G.R.
cow
Cowen, Richard
CPU
Crane, H.R.
Craver, Tom R.
Cresswell, H.A.
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
criminal prosecution
Criswell, David
CRN
Cross
crossing the Darwinian threshold
Crossley, Maxwell J.
cryptography
cryptomonad(s)
Crystal Robot
CSAIL
Cuburo
Cumings, John
Cushing, Andrew
custom DNA
Cuza University
CVD
cyanobacteria
cybernetic control
“CYC” Project
cyclodextrin nanotubes
cytokinesis

D
damage tolerant
Damha, Masad J.
Danforth, Stephen C.
dangerous kinds of nanomanufacturing systems
dangerous replicators
dangerous self-replicating nanomachine
“dangerous” version
Danielli, J.F.
Darbro, Wesley A.
Darling, R.B.
DARPA
Dartmouth Robotics Lab
Darwin
Darwinian Threshold / Darwinian threshold
Dassault Systemes
data cache
data for replication time and replicator mass
data storage capacity of the human brain
daughter device
Davies, Paul
da Vinci, Leonardo
Dawkins, Richard
Dawkins classification of replicators
decentralized replication
decider
decoder(s)
Deep Blue
defect mechanisms
deflagration
De Forest, Lee
DeHon, Andre
Deinococcus radiodurans
Del Monaco, James
de Moivre, A.
demonstrate the design is safe
demonstration(s)
demultiplexor
dendrimer(s)(ic)
dendrimeric oligonucleotides
dendrimer self-assembly
Deneb/IGRIP
Dennis Kunkel Microscopy, Inc.
density-independent population growth
density of the assembler
density oscillations
“Der Zauberlehrling”
Descartes, Rene
discrete replicators
description-based reproduction
descriptive process information
desert replicator
designable self-assembling molecular machine structures
design errors make the analysis inherently worthless
design for analysis and validation
design for assembly
design for manufacturability
design for manufacturing/assembly
design for nonevolvability
design guidelines
design is too obvious
design notes
design precedes construction
design space
design space of cellular automata
design space of mechanical kinematic replicators
design tradeoffs in nanofactory assembly process specialization
desktop
desktop assembler / desktop assembly
desktop factories
desktop manufacturing
desktop mobile manipulators
desktop molecular manufacturing appliance
Desktop Rapid Prototyping Millirobots project
desktop 3-D printer
desorption regime
deterministic parallel microassembly
Deutsch, D.
developmental information
development principles
Devore, J.
DFA
DFM/A
d’Herelle, F.
d’Holbach, Baron
diamond
diamond mechanosynthesis
diamondoid
diamondoid networks
diatom nanotechnology
Dick, Philip K.
Dickens, Charles
Didinium nasutum (Ciliata)
Difference Engine
differential analyzer
digital life
digitally signed
digital organism(s)
digital replication
Digital Rights Management
digital specification
digital worm(s)
Dilbert
Dilts, D.M.
Diplococcus pneumoniae I
Diplococcus pneumoniae II
dip-pen nanolithography
directed evolution in bacteria
directed nanoassembly of nanoparticles
directed self-assembly / directed [2163-2167] self-assembly <remove brackets>
directly replicating
direct self-replication
discard rate
discounted present value
Discover magazine
Disney
disruptive technology
distributed logic replication
distributed robotic systems
distributor
DLR
DMD
DNA
DNA aptamers
DNA arrays
DNA assisted-reproduction
DNA-based actuator / DNA-based actuation
DNA-based chemical replicators
DNA-based dendrimers
DNA-based “ink”
DNA-based molecular construction
DNA-based nanomechanical devices
DNA based nanoscale devices
DNA-based “sliding strut” actuator
DNA-based structures
DNA-based strut
DNA complementarity
DNA device(s)
DNA-directed 2-D array
DNA “double crossover”
DNA-guided assembly of proteins
DNA hand
DNA lattice(s)
DNA ligase
DNA-molecule inchworm motor
DNA nanoconstruction
DNA nanomotor
DNA nanoscaffolds
DNA nanotechnology
DNA octahedron
DNA packaging motor / DNA-packaging
DNA “piston”
DNA polymerase
DNA replication
DNA replication complex
DNA reproduction
DNA scaffolds / DNA scaffolding
DNA self-assembly
DNA structures
DNA tiles
Docoslis, Aristides
Dogaru, Radu
domino(es)
dongles
donkey
Dorf, Richard C.
Dorset Press
double-band operation
double crossover
double-tripod
Dow Chemical
Draper Fisher Jurvetson
Drexler, K. Eric
Drexler extruding tube assembler
Drexler generic assembler
Drexler manipulator arm
Drexler minimal assembler
Drexler molecular assembler(s)
Drexler nanofactory
drill press
DRM
Drosophila melanogaster
drugs
Drum, Ryan W.
dry/artificial
Dublin City University
Duke University
dynamic tests
Dyson, Freeman J.
Dyson, George
Dyson terraforming replicators

E
early design will not speed development
ease of reprogramming
eastern American mole
eastern hemlock
eastern red cedar
eastern white pine
Easy Fit
Ebefors, T.
e-beam lithographic resolution
e-beam lithography
EBID
Ebolavirus
Echidna
Ecole Polytechnique
ecophagy(ic)
ecopoiesis
Ecopoiesis Test Bed
Edison, Thomas Alva
Edmonds, Bruce
EFABTM
effector automata
efficient replicator scaling conjecture
Efstathiou, J.
Egea Biosciences
egg
egg machine
eggs <this item: plural only search – chicken variety eggs, not machines>
Eigen, Manfred
Einstein diffusion velocity
Einstein-Smoluchowski diffusion equation
Einstein-Stokes equation
Eitech
electrodeposition microfabrication
electromagnetic enrichment
electromechanical relay(s)
electromechanical replicator(s)
electromechanical self-replication
electron beam induced deposition
electron beam stereolithography
electrophoresis / electrophoretic
electrostatic motors
electrostatic self-assembly
Elektromehaniskais konstructors
elementary building blocks
elephant mitochondria
elephants lacking tusks
elevator <search singular only; do NOT search the plural>
elevator drive screws
elevator plate
Eli Lilly
Ellenbogen, James
Ellington, Andrew D.
Ellis, Matthew
Elowitz, Michael B.
embedded replication veto
embedded switches
embodied evolution
embryogeny
Embryonics
emission of waste products
Enceladus replicator
encoder
encrypted instruction sets
endosymbiont
endosymbiosis
Endy, D.
energy closure
energy consumption
energy cost of molecular manufacturing
Energy Department
energy efficiency
energy system
engeneOS
engineered genetic blinkers
engineered self-replicating bacteria
Engines of Creation
ENIAC
ensemble replication / ensemble replicators
entropy of substrate
enveloped virus(es)
envelope expansion velocity
environmental fixture requirement
environmental partitioning
Environmental Protection Agency
enzymatic allostery
enzyme-free self-replication / enzyme-free replication
EPA
EPFL
Epicurus
epigenesis
“Epilogue”
EPO
Erber, T.
Erector®
Erewhon
Erkman, Suren
error-correcting code
error-correcting polymerases
error correction
error correction mechanisms
error detection and correction
error free
error-free self-replication
error, manufacturing <but actually search for: manufacturing error >
error-prone self-replication
error rate(s)
errors in fabricated parts
error tolerance / error-tolerant
Erwinia carotovora
erythromycin
erythropoietin
Escherichia coli / E. coli
E-Spaces
eSPREAD
ethical impact of machine replicators <search 5.11 for “ethical [2959],”>
Euclid
Euglena gracilis (Mastigophora)
eukaryote(ic)(s)
eukaryotic cell cycle
Europa
European Center for Living Technology
European Community
European hedgehog
European IST Program
European Union
Evans, Glen
evodevo
evolution
evolutionary algorithms
evolutionary computation
evolutionary robotics
evolution of diversity
evolution of life
evolvability
evolvability scales inversely with size
Ewaschuk, Robert
Exacto
exemplify backward chaining in design
exemplify programmable molecular positional assembly
exemplify self-replication in a molecular manufacturing system
existence proof
experimental evolution
expert system(s)
explicit-implicit coding
explicit process information
exponential assembly
exponential growth
exponential kinematic self-replication
exponentiating
excitation-threshold-fatigue model
Expandagon
extended-maturation replicator(s) / extended-maturation
external veto authority
extracellular matrix
extraction ratio
extruder
extruding brick
extruding daughter device
extruding tube
extrusion spring(s)
Ezy-Bilt

F
F1-ATPase protein
fabricating machine
fabrication (cf. assembly) <Chapter 4, paragraph 4 footnote, only>
fabrication device
fabrication sector(s)
fabricator
fabricator robot(s)
FAC
facton(s)
Factor VIII
factory
factory field
factory model
factory-mode molecular manufacturing
factory production line
factory replication / factory replicator
fail-safe
fallacy of the substrate
falling-domino automaton
Fanuc factory group
Farmer, J. Doyne
fat fingers
fatty acid synthase
fault-tolerant / fault tolerance
FDA
FDM
fear of self-replicating systems
Fearing, Ronald S.
feasibility
feasibility demonstration / demonstration of feasibility
feasibility of molecular assembler or nanofactory
fecundity
feedstock
feedstock bottleneck
feedstock import through boundary
Feldmann, Richard J.
Fenniri, Hicham
Ferris, James P.
fertility test
fertility vs. energy consumption <call out Section 5.1.9.J4>
Feynman, Richard P.
Feynman Grand Prize
Feynman hierarchical machine shop
Feynman machines
FIB
Fibonacci, Leonardo
Fibonacci number(s)
Fibonacci rabbits / Fibonacci’s rabbits
fibrillogenesis
fibroblast(s)
fibroplasia
Fiddlestix
fidelity
field-programmable gate array
financial world
fine motion controller
finite state automaton(automata)
finite state machines
fire
firewood
first replicators
Fischer Technik
fission
fixed location
fixed-size genomes
fixture(s)
fixture acquisition
fixture-based replication
flexible assembly station
flexible assembly system(s)
flexible manufacturing system(s)
flexible nanomanufacturing
flexonics
Flexsim
Flibs
Flores, Ricardo
flowering dogwood
fluidic agitation
fluidic self-assembly
FMS / FMSs
focused-ion-beam CVD
[focused ion beam] assisted deposition <search, then delete brackets>
Fontana, Walter
force closure
Ford’s River Rouge complex
Foresight Guidelines on Molecular Nanotechnology / Foresight Guidelines
Foresight Institute
form closure
formose reaction / formose system
Forrest, David
Forrest, Stephanie
Forrester, A.T.
forward chaining
FPGA / FPGAs
fractal robots
Fractiles
fractional-gender
“Fractum” self-repairing machine
frameshift
Frankenstein
Fraser, C.M.
Fredkin cell space
Fredkin parity rule
freeform fabrication
free-range self-replicators
Freitas, Robert A., Jr.
Freitas atomic separator replicator
Freitas biphase assembler
Freitas factory replication system
Freitas interstellar probe replicator
Freitas-Merkle map of the kinematic replicator design space
Friedman, George
Friedrich-Schiller University
Frontier Log Building
Frosch, Robert A.
fruit fly (Drosophila)
Fujita, H.
Fujitsu Fanuc / Fanuc
Fukuda, Toshio
fullerene(s)
functionality matrix
function-replicators / function replicators
fungus(i)
Furley, David J.
fused deposition modeling

G
G0 phase
G1 phase
G2 phase
galago
galaxy-sized replicator
Gallus domesticus
Game of Life
Ganesan, Oprema
Ganti, Tibor
garbage
Gardner, Timothy S.
gas phase solid freeform fabrication
gas phase vs. solvent phase manufacturing
gastrointestinal microflora
GBPs
gecko
gendered replicators
gendericity
gene-like replicators
General Dynamics
General Electric Company
general-purpose assembler
general-purpose factory
general-purpose replicating system
generational and gestational fecundity
generational longevity
generation-limited replication
generation time
generation time vs. gestation time <call out Section 5.1.9.J4>
generic molecular assembler / generic assembler
genetic algorithm(s)
genetically engineered bacteria / genetically engineered microbes
genetic engineering
genetic information
genetic therapies
GeneWriter™
Genghis
genome
genomic redundancy
genotype(ic)(s)
genotypic replicators
GEOMAG
geometric accessibility to products during manufacture
geometrical derivation of assembler dimensions
George Mason University
Georgia Institute of Technology / Georgia Tech
German National Research Centre for Information Technology
germ-line or dead-end
Gerovichev, Oleg
Gerrold, David
Gershenfeld, Neil
gestation time
Ghadiri, M.R.
giant sequoia
Gibbs free energy
Gibson, William
Gilbreath, William P.
Gillett, Stephen L.
Gimzewski, James K.
giraffe
global ecophagy
Globus, Al
glucose engines
goat
Goddard, Robert
Goddard, William A.
Goddard proposed assembler simulation study
Goel, Narendra S.
Golay, Marcel
gold
Goldberg, Ken Y.
Goldberg, Robert B.
gold-binding proteins
golden hamster
golden mean
golden number
golden ratio
golden section
Goldstine, Herman H.
Golem
GOLEM Project / GOLEM <project>
Goncz, Doug
Gordon, Richard
gorilla
Goulian, M.
GPS
Gracias, David H.
graded induction
granularity
GRAPE
graph automata
graphene
gray goo / grey goo
Gray-Scott model
gray seal
gray wolf
Griffith, Saul
Griffith mechanical self-replicating strings
Griffith self-replicating wire
Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
ground squirrel
growth
guanosine triphosphate
Gubrud, Mark
guided [1556-1564] ... self-assembly <remove brackets>
Guidice, Rick
guinea pig
Guo, Peixuan
Gupta, S.
G-wires

H
Haas Automation, Inc.
Hadamard matrix transforms
Haenni, J.-O.
Hagen-Poiseuille law
Haldane, J.B.S.
Hall, J. Storrs
Hall factory replication system / Hall factory replicator
hammerhead ribozymes
hamster
hard-coded assembly
Hardin, Garrett
harmful biological replicators
Hart, Edwin J.
Harvard University / Harvard
Harvey, I.
Hashimoto, Takashi
Hasslacher, Brosl
Hasslacher-Tilden MAP survival space
Hatakeyama, Toyomasa
Hauser
hawk
heat shock protein(s)
Hecht, Michael H.
Heer, Ewald
Heifer Project
heifers
helicase(s)
helium
Hemmerling, Armin
Hemophilus influenzae
Henderson, Eric R.
Henry, Joseph
hepadnavirus(es)
hereditary potential
hereditary process
hereditary variants
heredity
heritable mutation(s)
Herman, Gabor T.
herpes simplex
herpesviruses
Hero of Alexandria
heterochrony
Hewitt, Judson T.
Hewlett-Packard
Hexlo
HGH
hierarchical assembly
hierarchical convergent assembly
hierarchical machine shop
hierarchical self-assembly
Higher School of Economics, Moscow
Ho, Wilson
Hoenigsberg, H.
Hofbauer, J.
Hofstadter, Douglas
Hogan, James P.
Hogeweg, Pauline
Hogg, Tad
Hoggatt, V.E., Jr.
Hokkaido University
holistic
Holland, John
Holland, Owen
Holliday junctions
honeybee (Apoidea apis)
horizontal gene transfer
Horn, T.
horse
Hosokawa, K.
H.R. 766
HSV
Hu, Evelyn L.
Hughes, James
Hui, E.E.
Hull, D.L.
human birth rate(s)
human-equivalent computing
human growth hormone
human hepatitis delta virus
hummingbird
humpback whale
Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Hupp, Jon A.
Husbands, P.
Hutton, Tim J.
hybrid cellular-kinematic model
hybrid systems
hybrid wet-dry
HYDRA Project
hydrocarbon(s)
hydrocarbon assembler(s)
hydropathic index
hypercycle(s)
hyperredundant manipulators
hysteresis

I
IBEA
IBM
IBM 7090
ICES Cubes
I-Cubes
IEEE Nanotechnology Council
Ignatiev, Alex
Ikegami, Takashi
illegal drugs
ImagiBRICKSTM
Imai, Katsunobu
IMM
immature replicator
immortal cell lines
impossibility / impossible
inchworm
indefinite hereditary
indirectly replicating
indirect self-replication
industrial development kit
industrial ecology
industrial park
industrial revolution
inferential reverse engineering
infinite regress
influenza / flu
information closure
information relativity
ingestor
ingestor modality
inherently safe
inherent safety
Innovation On Demand, Inc.
input transducer
inspection of parts
Institute for Biological Energy Alternatives
Institute for Machine Tools and Industrial Management
Institute for Molecular Manufacturing
“instructed mixture” paradigm
insulin
insurance
Integrated Genomics Inc.
Intelligent Autonomous Systems Engineering Laboratory
intelligent manufacturing systems
Intelligent Systems Institute
interactor
interest rate
interferons
intermediate robot replication
internal transducer
International Space Station
Internet worm
interphase
interreplicator information transfer
interstellar
interstellar probe populations
Interworld Productions
Iowa State University
iRobot
irresponsible hobbyists
irreversible mutations
ISI
isotope separation
ISS
iterated design bootstrapping
iterative arrays
iterons
Itoh, Toshihiro

J
Jacobson, Homer
Jacobson, Joseph
Jacobson locomotive toy train replicator
Jacobstein, Neil
JACS
Jaeger, L.
jaguar
Janusonis, Stepas
(Japan) National Institute of Advanced Science and Technology (AIST)
Japanese Space Agency
Jastrow, Robert
Jeon, K.W.
jet aircraft
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
jig(s)
jig borer
JohnnyVon program
Johns Hopkins University
Johnson, Robert R.
Johnstone, Bob
JOVO
Joy, Bill
Joyce, Gerald F.
JPL
jumbleness
Junior
Jurvetson, Steve

K
Kaku, Michio
kangaroo
Kant(ian)
KAPLA
Kasparov, Gary
Katawa, Satoshi
Kaufmann, Stuart A.
KCA
KCA-based replicators
KCA cell(s)
Kemeny, John
Kenyon, Ralph E.
Kessler, N.
Khoshnevis, Behrokh
Khushf, George
kiln(s)
Kime, Charles R.
kinematic-cell product
kinematic cellular automaton(a)
kinematic machine
kinematic machine replication
kinematic manipulator
kinematic model
kinematic model of machine replication
kinematic replicator(s)
kinematic replicator design space / kinematic replication design space
kinematic self-replication
kinetids
kinetochore
Kinsey report
Kismet
Kitagawa, Masaya
Kleene, Stephen C.
Klein, Jacob
Knapp, Loren W.
Knex
Knight, Tom
Knott, Ron D.
knowledge units
Knutson, Roger M.
Koch’s Postulates
Kokaji, S.
Komerath, Narayanan M.
Kondo, T.
Koopman, D.C.
Koops, Hans
Kovacs, G.T.A.
Koza, John R.
Krummenacker, Markus
Krylov, S.M.
K-selection
Kubrick, Stanley
Kumacheva, Eugenia
Kunkel, Dennis
Kurzweil, Raymond
Kvasnicka, Vladimir

L
Laboratory for Molecular Robotics
Lackner, Klaus S.
Lackner-Wendt auxon replicators
Lactobacillus acidophilus
ladybug
Laing, Richard A.
Laing kinematic automaton system
Laing molecular tapeworms
Laing’s self-reproduction by self-inspection
Lamarckian
Lamarkian evolution
laminated object modeling
Landers, Richard R.
Landman, Uzi
Langmuir-Blodgett films
Langton, Chris G.
Langton’s SR loop
laptop computer
laser(s)
laser-based stereolithography
laser direct metal deposition
LASY
lathe(s)
Lathrop, George Parsons
Lawrence, Jeffrey
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
laws of thermodynamics
Leahy, William D.
Leaning Tower
learning
Lee, C.Y.
Lee, Hyojune
legal impact of machine replicators <search 5.11 for “legal [2964-2967]”>
legal liability
LEGO®
LEGO® animals
LEGO®-based replicator
LEGO® car factory
LEGO® factory
Lego Lab
Lehn, Jean-Marie
Leibler, S.
Lenat, Douglas
LEO
Leonardo of Pisa
lesser short-tailed shrew
Levy, Matthew
Lewin, Benjamin
Lewis, James B.
Lewis, Jennifer A.
Li, Jianwei J.
Liberty Logs
lichen(s)
life history strategies
lifespan
life-synthesis
lifetime reproductive ratio
ligase
light-driven molecular assembly
lights out
Lim, Jonathan
limited assemblers
limited heredity
limited-indefinite hereditary
limited-purpose replicators
limits to assembler scalability
limits to convergent assembly processes
limits to exponential kinematic self-replication
Linares, Diego
Lincoln Logs
Lind, D.A.
linear templating replication
Linkoping University
Liong, Tak
Lipson, Hod
Lipson self-extending machines
LISP
literature and culture informing ethical analysis of nanotechnology
little brown bat
Liverpool University
living machines
Lizard Fire Studios
logical core architecture
logical universality
logic bomb
Lohn, Jason
Lohn electromechanical replicator(s)
Lokon
LOM
longevity
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Lotka-Volterra model
Loughborough University
low cost manufacturing
Lowe, T.C.
low Earth orbit
Lozneanu, Erzilia
Lozneanu-Sanduloviciu plasma cell replicators
Lucas, Edouard
Lucent
Lucian of Samosata
Ludwig Maximilians University
Lugowski, Marek W.
Luisi, Pier Luigi
Luksha, Pavel O.
Lunar and Planetary Institute
lunar ecopoiesis
lunar factory(ies)
lunar power system
lunar self-replicating factory
lunar station
Lund, H.
luxury automobile
lymphocyte engineering
Lynch, Ken C.
lynx
Lyons
Lyshevski, S.E.
lysogenic cycle
lytic cycle

M
M13 bacteriophage
MAb / MAbs
MacDonald, Noel C.
Machi, Filip
Machine Intelligence Corporation
machine life
machine-phase chemical synthesis
machine-phase nanotechnology
machine shop
MacLulich, D.A.
MacNicol, D.D.
macroevolution
macroscale-inspired machinery
MACs
mad cow disease
Make Your Own Toys
Malone, Evan
Malthus, Thomas Robert
Malthusian parameter
malware
mammalian artificial chromosomes
Manetico
Mange, Daniel
Manhattan Project
manipulator positional accuracy
manipulator-style assembly
manipulator-type mechanisms / manipulator-style mechanisms
Mano
manual operation
manufacturability
manufactured “from scratch”
manufacturing error
manufacturing-style assembly
manufacturing system(s)
manufacturing system parameters
MAP survival space
Marchal, Pierre
Marder, Seth R.
Margolus, Norman
Mark I
Marklin Mehanotehnika
MARS <the robots>
Mars <the planet>
Marshall Space Flight Center / NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center
Martel, S.
Martian meteorite ALH84001
Martin, Martin C.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
mass-driver(s)
massively parallel assembly
massively parallel manipulator arrays
massively parallel molecular manufacturing
massively parallel processing / massively parallel processors
materials depot
materials flowthrough path length
materials handling
materials processing
Materials Research Society
materials throughput speed
materials transport wall
mathematical primer on self-replicating systems
matter closure
matter-energy storage
Maturana, Humberto R.
Maurer, Brian A.
Mavroidis, Constantinos
maximum number of generations
maximum reliability during operation
MaxScript
Maxwell, J.
McCarthy, Wil
McCaskill, John
McCord, Richard L.
McCulloch-Pitts
McIlroy, Doug
McKendree, Thomas
McLellan, William
McMullin, Barry
Meccano®
mechalysts
mechanical allosteric enzyme
mechanical depassivation contamination
mechanical DNA-based actuator
mechanical enzyme
mechanical kinematic replicators
mechanically assembled monolayers
mechanically-threaded molecules
mechanical parts
mechanochemistry
mechanoenzyme
mechanosynthesis / mechanosynthetic
mechanosynthetic tool tips
Mechatronical Secondary Vocational School
mechatronic(s)
medical nanorobotics
MegaBloks
meiosis
Mekanik
Mek-Struct
MEMbler™
membrane synthase ribozymes
meme(s)(tic)
memory
memory tape
MEMS
menarche
menopause
menstruation
Merchant, M.E.
Mergny, Jean-Louis
Merkle, Ralph. C.
Merkle cased hydrocarbon assembler
Merkle-Freitas assembler / Merkle-Freitas molecular assembler
Merkle-Freitas hydrocarbon molecular assembler
Merkle generic assembler
Merkle molecular assembler(s)
Merkle replicating brick assembler
Merkur
Mesoplasma florum
mesoscopic nucleic acid analogs
Meszena, G.
Metall
Metallus
metamorphic
metamorphosing robots
metaphase
metazoan(s)
methodology for unmanned manufacturing
Mettrie, Julien Offroy de La
M. genitalium
Michael, Joseph
Michael’s fractal robots
Michelin
Michener, James
Michigan State University
microactuators
microarrays
microassembly / microassembling
Micro Assembly Automation Laboratory
microbe-directed parts fabrication
microbial engineering
microbiomedical devices
microbivore(s)
microcantilever(s)
microcar / micro-car
micro Coliseum
Microdynamic Systems Laboratory
microelectronics
microelectromechanical
microelectrophoretics
microfabrication / microfabricated
microfabricated probe array
microfactory(ies) / micro-factory
microfluidics
microfossils
microgear trains
microgripper arrays
microgrippers
microgyroscopes
microlithography
Micro Machine Project
micromanufacturing
micromechanical engineering
micromechatronics
micromirror(s)
micromotor(s)
MiCRoN Project
microoptics
micro-origami
micropistons
micropolymerization
microprocessor active surface
micropumps
Microrobot Project
microrobot(s)
micro rocket project
microscale manufacturing system(s)
microscale parts
microscale replicator(s)
microscale robots
microscopic prayer books
microsensors
Microsoft Windows
microstereolithography
micro-STM(s)
microtransducers
microvalves
Middlesex University
Milky Way galaxy
mill assembly mechanism
Miller, James Grier
Miller critical subsystems of living systems
Miller, Rene H.
millibot
millimeter-size robot
milling machine
Millipede project / Millipede
millirobot(s)
millirobot desktop factories
mills
mill-style assembly
mill-type mechanisms / mill-style mechanisms
mimetic replicators
MinDART
Mindstorm
miniature mobile robots
miniaturized factory
minifactories
minimal artificial microbe / minimal microbe
minimal assembler
minimal gene set
minimalist organism
Mini Meta-Build
minimum and maximum size of kinematic replicators
mining robots
mini-plants
Ministry of International Trade and Industry
Minnaert, M.
Minsky, Marvin
Mirkin, Chad A.
Mironov, Vladimir
misuse
MIT
MITI
MIT Media Lab
mitochondrion(dria)
mitosis
MITRE Corp.
MNT
mobile automata
mobile robotics simulators
mobile robots
mobility
models of self-replication and self-regulation
mode of dimensional specification
mode of genomic heritability
Modern Morecraft
modular arrays
modular assembly
modular manufacturing
modular reconfigurable robot
modular replicators
Modular TRANSformer
module assembly time
moiety abstraction
moiety deposition
Molecubotics, Inc.
molecular assembler(s)
molecular assemblers are “impossible”
molecular assemblers are too dangerous
molecular assembly
molecular automata
molecular building blocks
molecular camshaft
molecular chaperones
molecular constructor
molecular ecosystem
molecular fabrication / molecular fabricators
molecular feedstock
Molecularly Precise Tool Project
molecular machine(s)
molecular manipulator arm
molecular manufacturing
molecular mechanical computer
molecular mills
molecular motors
molecular nanotechnology
molecular necklace
molecular parts
molecular positional assembly
molecular robotics
molecular scaffolding
molecular-scale self-replicating systems
molecular self-assembly
molecular shuttle
molecular sorting rotor
molecular tapeworms
molecular tools
Molecule Robot
mole rat
monoclonal antibodies
mono-gender
monomer synthase
monotype electromechanical replicator
Montemagno, Carlo
Moon
Moon, Daniel
Moore, Edward F.
Moore artificial living plants
Moore, Peter
moratorium
Moravec, Hans P.
Morgan, Charles R.
Morgenstern, Oskar
Morita, Kenichi
Morowitz, H.J.
Morowitz, Harold
Morowitz floating electromechanical replicator
morphable structures
morphogenesis
Morris, Harold C.
Morse, Samuel
mortality
Moser, David
Moses, J.
Moses, Matt
Moses self-replicating construction machine
Moses, Melanie E.
motile parts-assembly robot
motion planning
MotoSim
mountain beaver
mouse
movable automata
movable cellular automata
movable finite automata / movable finite automaton
M phase
mRNA
MRSI assembly robots
mtDNA
M-TRAN
mulberries
mule
Mulligan
multicellular / multicellularity
multicellular automata
multigendered systems / multi-gender
multilevel genomic heritability
multiple utility of active subunits
multiple utility of passive parts
multiplication
multi-robot planning
multirobot systems
multi-robot-without-fixture replication
MUM
Munich Microassembly Research
Murata, S.
Mushegian, Arcady R.
Mushegian’s minimal genome
musk shrew
Mus musculus
Mustafa, Tabish
mutually obligate virion-eukaryote symbiotes
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
mycobiont
Mycoplasma
Mycoplasma genitalium / M. genitalium / Mycoplasma genitalia
Mycoplasma mycoides
Myhill, J.
Myxococcus xanthus

N
NAC
Nagoya University
Nagpal, Radhika
naked RNA virus
naked virus
NAND gate(s) / NAND
Nanoarchaeum equitans
nannobacteria
nanobacteria
nanobiology
nanoblocks
nano cellular automata
nanocircles
nanocoils
nanocomputer
nanoconstructions
nanocrystals
nanoelectromechanical systems
nanofactory(ies)
nanofactory assembly process specialization
nanofactory-based molecular manufacturing systems
nanofactory workstation grid
nanofossils
nanofountainpen
nanohedra
nanohype
nanolithography
nanomachine(s)
nanomanipulator
nanomanufacturing
nanomass
nanomechatronics
Nanomedicine
nanoparticle assemblies
nanoparts assembly
nanopart synthetases
nanoporous molecular crystals
nanoprocessor
nanorobot(s)
nanorobotics
nanorod(s)
nanoscale array(s)
nanoscale assembler
nanoscale assembly
nanoscale devices
nanoscale machinery
nanoscale parts
nanostencil
Nanosystems
nanotechnology
nanotechnology replicators / nanotechnology-based replicators
nanotube(s)
nanotube self-assembly
nanotweezer
nanovesicle(s)
NanoWalker
nanowire(s)
Napier University
NASA
NASA Advisory Council
NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts
NASA robot replication feasibility demonstration
NASA self-replicating lunar factory
NASA Study Group on Machine Intelligence and Robotics
NASA summer study on self-replicating systems
NAS Workshop
National Academy of Sciences
National Bureau of Standards
National Institute of Advanced Science and Technology
National Institute of Standards and Technology
National Nanotechnology Research and Development Act of 2003
National Research Council (Italy)
National Science Foundation
natural biological replicators
natural self-replicating systems
Nature
Navier-Stokes equations
near-field optical lithography
near replication of an ancestor
near replication of a parent
near-wall solvation forces
necessary degeneracy
Necobo
Nehaniv, Chrystopher L.
Nelson, B.J.
Nemes, Tihamer
NEMS
neon
neon pump
network connectivity
network model of self-replication
networks/clusters of workstations
neural network(s)
neuronal system
neutral molecular beam deposition
New Directions Workshop
New England Complex Systems Institute
Newman, Tom
Newman, W.
New, Michael
New Scientist
New York University
NeXT
NIAC
Nice-Dice
niche construction
Nicotiana tabacum
Niemeyer, Christof M.
Nierenberg, William
NIH
NIH Guidelines on Recombinant DNA technology
nine-banded armadillo
Nippondenso Co. Ltd.
Nissan
NIST
Niven, Larry
Nobili, Renato
Nomoto, Tsuyoshi
nonautonomous
non-auxetic replication
non-auxetic replicators
nonevolutionary algorithms
nonevolvability
nonevolvable design
non-gendered
non-Mendelian replicating oil droplets
nonparasitic
nonproductive replicators
nonreplicator product types
nonribosomal peptide synthetases
non-self
non-trivial self-replication
NOR gate(s) / NOR
North American opossum
North Carolina State University
northern catalpa
northern white cedar
Northwestern University
Norton AntiVirus
NOT gates
Noyes, Richard Macy
NSF
nuclear power plant
nuclear replicator
nucleic acids
nucleobase amino acids
nucleoprotein-based nanoscale assembly
nucleotide(s)
nucleotide analogs
number of distinct onboard transformative processes
number of fertile mutant configurations
number of manipulator types
number of onboard process energy types
number of vitamin parts
Nussinov, M.D.
nutritional complexity

O
obsolescence
octane / n-octane
offloading complexity
offspring fertility
offspring separability
oil-eating microbe
okapi
Oko
Okuma, Michio
oligonucleotide-directed self-assembly of proteins
oligotrophic
Oliver, Barney
olympiadane
Omni Magazine
O’Neill, Gerard K.
ontogeny / ontogenetic
oocyte
op-amp
open-ended evolution
“OpenMind Commonsense” Project
operating-subsystem-in-process replication
Ophioglossum petiolatum
optimal foraging and environmental stress
orangutan
orbital tower
“ordinary transmission” cell states
organic templating
organismic model
OR (gate)
Orgel, Leslie
origin of life
orthomyxovirus(es)
Osaka University
oscillating chemical systems
oscillating populations of microbes
Ostrand, Thomas J.
output port
output port areas
output transducer
ovaries
override
overtool
overtool universal assembler
Owens, R.A.
owl monkey
Oxford University Press

P
Packard, Norman
Padilla, J.E.
Pajaro Dunes
paleolithic
Paley, William
Palikit
pangram
pantelegraph
pantograph
parabolic growth
paradox(ical)
parallel assembly
parallel manufacturing
parallel micromanufacturing
parallel molecular manufacturing
parallel operation
parallel pick-and-place
parallel processing
Paramecium aurelia (Ciliata)
Paramecium bursaria
parasite
parasite-host interactions
parasitic reproduction / parasitic
parent-progeny relationship
Pargellis, A.N.
Parham, Steven
partial closure
partial information closure
particle device
parts assembler
parts assembly
parts-assembly robot
parts bin
parts count
parts depot(s)
parts design
parts fabrication
parts fabricator
parts forming
parts insertion
parts precision
parts presentation
parts production plant
parvovirus(es)
Pascal, Blaise
Pascal’s triangle
passive constituent parts count
passive constituents parts scale
passive constituent parts types
passive parts
passive parts complexity
Patas monkey
Pattee, H.H.
Patterned Atomic Layer Epitaxy Project
Paul, Natasha
paving robots
pearls
pecan
PEMS
penicillin
Pennsylvania State University
Penrose, Roger
Penrose, Lionel S.
Penrose block replicator(s)
Pentium IV
peptide(s)
peptide-based self-replicating systems
peptide nucleic acids
performance of convergent assembly nanofactory systems
periodic pulsers
Perry, Joseph W.
personal desktop 3-D printer
personal fabricators
personal factories
Pesavento, Umberto
Peterson, Christine
Petunia parodii
Pfeifer, Rolf
phanlanger
Phares, Alain J.
phenome
phenotype(ic)(s)
phenotypic replicator(s)
“Philopseudes”
PhiX174
phi X bacteriophage virus
Phoenix, Christopher J.
Phoenix primitive nanofactory
photoautotrophic
photobiont
photocopier(s)
photovoltaic
phylogeny / phylogenetic
Physarum polycephalum
physical mutation
physical product
physisorbed monolayer
physisorption
physisorption and desorption of nonsolvent molecules
Pianka, Eric R.
pick-and-place / pick and place
picornavirus(es)
pig
Pineda, Valenti
Pioneer
pipeline(d)(s)
piracy
PIRAIA Project
Pister, Kristofer
piston fluid flow dynamics
piston operation in the desorption and viscous regimes
piston plate
piston rod
piston spring
piston throw
PITAC
pixelbots
planarian
plasma cell replicator(s)
plasmid(s)
plastic Lucite blocks
plastic replicator
Plastikant
PlayMobile
Plekhanov, A.D.
PNA
POE model of bio-inspired hardware systems
point mutation(s)
Poiseuille's law
polar body
pole preference
poliomyelitis / polio
Pollack, Jordan
polyautomata
polybot(s)
polyketide synthases
polymerase(s)
polymer mechatronics
polymorphic robots
polynomial population growth / polynomial
polynucleic acid structures
polynucleotide(s)
polypod(s)
polytype electromechanical replicator
polyyne
population ecology
population ecology of machine replicators
population entropy
population invasions and diffusion models
porphyrin(s)
positional accuracy
positional assembly (cf. self-assembly) <Chapter 4, paragraph 10, only>
positional assembly
positional assembly using DNA
positional assembly using proteins
positional assembly using microbes and viruses
positional atomic-scale mechanosynthesis
positional control
positionally controlled chemical synthesis
positional mechanochemistry
positional nanoparts assembly
positional parts assembly
positional uncertainty
positioning accuracy
positioning devices
positioning motions
Pospichal, Jiri
potato spindle tuber viroid
potential design errors
Pournelle, Jerry
poverty and hunger
power law
power law scaling in convergent assembly nanofactory systems
power scaling law
poxvirus(es)
Precision Micro Assembly Laboratory
predator-prey interactions / predator-prey
pregnancy
premanufactured parts
pre-nanotechnology macroscale replicators
prenatal-active replicators
prepattern
Press, Joseph Henry
pressure-threshold actuator(s)
Price, Charles
prices of nanoscale-structured products
primase
Primus Engineering Outfits
Princeton University
“print” houses
“printing” large buildings
prion(s)
private experimentation in explosives and rocketry
pRNA
probabilistic model
probe array
process accounting
process energy autonomy
process energy centralization
process energy efficiency
process energy redundancy
process energy storage
process energy types
process functionality of active subunits
processive
process manipulation autonomy
process manipulation centralization
process manipulation closure
process manipulation redundancy
process materials storage
process security
producer
product assembly time
product boundary
product design
product export through boundary
production amplification
production bottlenecks
production facility
“production lines” vs. “replicators”
production module
production parts depot
production phase
production planning
production rate
productive nonreplicators
productive replicators
product mass
product naturalicity
product particity
product physical dimensionality
product physicality
product retrieval system
product scale
products depot
product size
products already manufactured by replicators <pages of Table 6.1 and of its in-text callout>
product structural error rate
product structural fixity
product structure
product technology level or granularity
programmability and learning
programmable
Programmable Artificial Cell Evolution (PACE) project
programmable assembly
programmable catalyst
programmable material(s)
programmable matter
programmable microbes
programmable nanoscale assembler
programmable operations
programmable self-assembly / programmatic self-assembling systems
programmable surfaces
programmed DNA deletion
Project Daedalus
prokaryote(ic)(s)
proliferation
prometaphase
proofreading
prophage
prophase
protein-based molecular motors
protein-directed parts assembly
Protein Programming™
protein stitchery
proteosome
proto-DNA
ProtoLife
proton beam nanolithography
Protopterus aethiopicus
prototype assemblers
prototype microscale assemblers
prototype nanoscale assemblers
PrP
Prusiner, Stanley B.
pseudocrystalline self-assembly
Pseudomonas pyocyanea
Pseudomonas stutzeri
pseudorotaxanes
psittacosis
psycho-robotics
public safety
pulsers
PUMA / PUMA industrial assembly robot
Pyrenomas salina
pyrolysis of acetylene
pyrotechnics

Q
Quadro
quaking aspen
qualitative/quantitative closure
quantum dot(s)
quantum uncertainty
quantum mechanical automata
Quate, C.F.
Queen Christina of Sweden
“Quest for Self-Replicating Systems”
quines

R
R3C ligase ribozyme
rabbit(s)
rabbit formula
rabies
raccoon
Radcliffe, Edward B.
radio-controlled bacteria
radio robot
railgun
Randall, John N.
random bin-picking
Random Morphology Robot Project
rapid laser prototyping
rapid prototyping
rare nutrients
Rasmussen, Steen
rat
ratchet
rattlesnakes lacking rattles
Ray, Thomas S.
RCA
reaction-diffusion systems
reaction-diffusion type replication
reaction networks
reactive encounter mechanisms
read-only memory
Rebek, Julius, Jr.
recipe
reconfigurability
reconfigurable
reconfigurable computing
reconfigurable modular manipulator system
recursion theory
red alder
Reddy, Raj
red fox
Redl, Franz X.
redundancy
Reed College
refloration bacteria
regeneration
regeneration time
Reggia, James A.
Regis, Ed
Registry of Standard Biological Parts
regulation / regulated
Reif, J.H.
relative position
reliability
reliability of manufacturing operations
relinquish / relinquishment
remote-control(led)
remote-controlled enzymes
remote-controlled self-replicating robots
remote powered
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
reovirus(es)
repairable robots
replicase
replicating assemblers
replicating brick / replicating brick assembler
replicating loop
replicating string
replicating swarm
replicating systems
Replicating Systems Concepts (Team)
replicating water plants
replication (cf. self-replication) <Chapter 4, paragraph 5, only>
replication auxeticity
replication by component analysis
replication by proxy
replication by self-inspection
replication control
replication control abstractivity
replication control autonomy
replication control centralization
replication control complexity
replication control maintenance
replication-control mechanisms
replication control redundancy
replication control source
replication cycle
replication data self-policing
replication fidelity
replication fork
replication goal specialization
replication-incompetent viruses
replication informatic energy ratio
replication information
replication information abstractivity
replication information autonomy
replication information context tolerance
replication information sharing
replication information type
replication is nothing new
replication parts depot
replication process(es)
replication process centralization
replication process digitality
replication process intermediaries
replication process parallelicity
replication process specialization
replication process subunit assistance
replication process timing
replication speed
replication substrate
replication substrate phase
replication substrate temperature
replication time
replication time vs. replicator mass <page of all of Section 5.2>
replication without description
replication vs. reproduction, 4
replicative capacity
replicative energy commitment
replicative influence
replicator(s)
replicator activity/passivity
replicator boundary
replicator computer
replicator contiguity
replicator description alphabet
replicator description size
replicator design space
replicator energetics
replicator expiration date
replicator information centralization
replicator information lockout
replicator information redundancy
replicator kinematics
replicator lifespan
replicator longevity
replicator manipulation degrees of freedom
replicator mass
replicator naturalicity
replicator networks
replicator nutritional complexity
replicator parasiticity
replicator parentage
replicator particity
replicator parts synthesis
replicator pattern instantiation specificity
replicator performance
replicator physical dimensionality
replicator physicality
replicators and artificial intelligence
replicators and public safety
replicator scale
replicators can be made inherently safe
replicator size
replicator structural fixity
replicator structure
replicator taxonomy
replicator technology level or granularity
replicator triviality or complexity
replicon
Repressilator
reproducer
reproduction
reproduction vs. replication, 4
reproductive maturity
reproductive mechanics
reproductive power
reproductive strategy
Requicha, Aristides
required parts preparation
residential house
Resnick, Mitchel
resonance
respirocyte(s)
restricted evolution
restriction to hydrocarbon materials
retractile cascade
retrovirus(es)
reverse engineering
reverse transcriptase
reversible cellular automata
reversible computer
reversible mutations
rewritable memory
Reynolds, Glenn
Reynolds number
rhabdovirus(es)
rhesus monkey
rhinovirus(es)
Rhomblocks
ribonucleoprotein
ribonucleoprotein machine
ribosome(s)
ribosome molecular assembler
ribozyme(s)
Rice University
Richter’s Anchor Blocks
rickettsia / rickettsial
Riehn, Robert
Riek, Roland
RISC
risk assessments for nanotechnology
risk management
risk paradigms
Risner, Jeremy
Rivera, Omar
River Rouge complex
RMMS
RNA
RNA-dependent RNA polymerase
RNA polymerase(s)
RNA replicase
Robiobotics LLC
robobiologics
robocasting
Robosphere
robot “birth factory”
robot colony
robot factory
robotically-constructed robots
robotic assembly
robotic deposition
robot(ic) ecology(ies)
robotic fabrication
robotic genome(s)
Robotics and Intelligent Machines Laboratory
Robotics Institute
robotic society
Robotix
robot Jurassic Park
Robot Kinematics and Motion Planning Lab
robot replication
robot reproduction
robots capable of mutual repair
robot self-replication
Robots On Your Doorstep
robozymes
Rocha, Luis M.
rock hyrax (Hetero. b)
rock hyrax (Procavia hab)
roe deer
Rohrer, Heinrich
Rokenbok
rolling circle replication
Rosen, Charles
rosette nanotube
Rossler, O.
Rossum’s Universal Robots (R.U.R.)
RotapodTM
rotary assembler
rotaxane(s)
Rothemund, Paul W.K.
Rowland Institute
RP
rRNA
RSC Team
r-selection
R.U.R.
Russell, Jeffrey D.
Rutgers University

S
Saberhagen, Fred
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Sadin, Stanley
safe designs
safeguard
safe nanotechnology
safe procedures and methods
safe replication / “safe” replication
“safe replicator” designs
safety
“safe” version
Sagan, Carl
Sagan Study Group
Saitou, Kazuhiro
salamander
SalivarexTM
Salk Institute
Sallows, Lee
Sallowsgrams
Salmonella typhimurium
Salmonella typhosa
Sanchez, E.
Sanderson, Arthur C.
Sandia National Laboratories / Sandia Labs
San Diego State University
Sanduloviciu, Mircea
San Jose State University
Santa Claus machine
Santa Fe Institute
saprophytic life
SARS coronovirus
Sayama, Hiroki
scaffold for functional devices
scaffolds for nanomaterials synthesis
scanning-probe array
Schefflers
Schneiker, Conrad
Schultz, Peter G.
Schuster, P.
Schwarzschild radius
Science/AAAS
science fiction
Science Network
Scientific American
SciNet
Sciperio Inc.
Scire, F.
scrapie
Scripps Institute of Oceanography
Scripps Research Institute
script kiddies
sealed laboratory(ies)
seed
seed lethality gene
seek broad “attractors” in the design space
Seeman, Nadrian C.
Segre, Daniel
selective laser sintering
self- (clarified) <Chapter 4, paragraphs 5-7, only>
self-alignment
self-assembled DNA
self-assembled electronic circuit patterns
self-assembled fluorescent conformational switch
self-assembling automaton(a)
self-assembling crystalline solids
self-assembling dendrimers
self-assembling lipidic micelles
self-assembling molecular machine structures
self-assembling monolayers / self-assembled monolayers
self-assembling nanodevices
self-assembling peptide(s)
self-assembling rotaxanes
self-assembling tectoRNA
self-assembling thin films
self-assembling 3-D metamaterial
self-assembling triangular parts
self-assembly (cf. positional assembly) <Chapter 4, paragraphs 8-9, only>
self-assembly(ing)
self-assembly of block copolymers
self-assembly of carbon nanotube
self-assembly of mechanical parts
self-assembly of molecular parts
self-assembly of parts
self-assembly of proteins
self-assisted assembly
self-clocking
self-complementarity
self-destruct / self-destructs
self-excising error-correcting code
self-extending machines
self-formation
self-formation modality
self-inspection
self-ligating polynucleotide systems
self-maintaining
self-movable robot
self-organization
self-organizing maps
self-organizing nanostructures
self-policing modifiers
self-pollination
self-reconfigurable
self-reconfiguring robots
self-reference
self-referential
self-referential “pangram”
self-regulation
self-repairing / self-repair
self-repairing machine(s)
self-repairing robot(s)
self-replicability
self-replicating automata(on)
self-replicating automated industrial factory
self-replicating chemical systems
self-replicating circuits
self-replicating computer program(s)
self-replicating construction machine
self-replicating factory(ies)
self-replicating interstellar probe
self-replicating LEGO®
self-replicating loops
self-replicating lunar factory(ies)
self-replicating machines
self-replicating manufacturing stations
self-replicating molecular machines
self-replicating molecular strands
self-replicating molecular system
self-replicating molecule(s)
self-replicating pattern(s)
self-replicating peptide
self-replicating physical polymers
self-replicating physicochemical system
self-replicating plasma balls
self-replicating program(s)
‘self-replicating’ protein misfold
self-replicating PUMA robot
self-replicating robot(s)
self-replicating robotic factory(ies)
self-replicating robotic lunar factory (SRRLF)
self-replicating software
self-replicating spots and pulses
self-replicating stars
self-replicating string(s)
self-replicating system(s)
self-replicating telefactors
self-replicating wire
self-replication (cf. replication) <Chapter 4, paragraph 5, only>
self-replication (cf. self-reproduction) <page 4 galleys> + <Chapter 4, paragraph 4, only>
self-replication
Self-Replication Contest
self-replication in chemistry
self-reproducing computer program
self-reproducing lipid vesicles
self-reproducing machine
self-reproducing robots
self-reproducing society
self-reproducing system(s)
self-reproduction (cf. self-replication ) <page 4 galleys> + <Chapter 4, paragraph 4, only>
self-reproduction
self-splicing
self-sufficient
self-sustaining
self-sustaining robotic ecologies
self-test for base pair mutations
semantic closure
semi-autonomous
semi-autonomous self-replicating robot
semiconductor(s)
Senzyme
Sequeira, Eldrid
sequence-dependent devices
sequential random bin-picking
sequential semi-auxetic replication
serial microassembly
serial processing
Serratia marcescens
SETI
Seuss, Dr. (Theodor Seuss Geisel)
sex
sexual reproduction / sexual
SFF
shape-changing robots
shape-selective self-assembly
sheathed loops
sheep
Shi, J.
Shigella dysenteriae
Shih, W.M.
Shinto ritual
Shoch, John F.
shock wave formation
Shoulders, K.R.
Shoulders electronic micromachining replicator
ShowFlow
Shu, D.
Shultze
Sigmund, K.
Silcox, Peter
silicon origami
Silicon Scribe
silk
silkworms
silver
silver nanowire arrays
SimCAD
SIMD architecture
Simmons, Kim H.
Simon, Herbert A.
Singh, Push
single-band operation
single-biopolymer system
single-robot-without-fixture replication
Sipper, Moshe
Sipper POE model of bio-inspired hardware systems
Sipser, Michael
site-specific DNA
“Size Limits of Very Small Microorganisms”
size of kinematic replicators <all of Section 5.3>
Skidmore, George
Sladek, John Thomas
Slayden, Cameron
slime molds
slow loris
SLS
smallest molecule capable of replicating itself
Smalley, Richard E.
Smart, John
smart dust
Smay, James E.
Smith, Alvy Ray
Smith, Arnold
Smith, Bruce
Smith, David B.S.
Smith, Hamilton O.
Smith, John Maynard
Smith, J.S.
Smith, Steven S.
Snare, Andrew J.
snowshoe hare
Societal Implications of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
socioeconomic impact of machine replicators <search 5.11 for “socioeconomic [2, 2960-2963]”>
socio-robotics
software simulators for robots and automated manufacturing
software viruses
Soka University
solarbot
solar canopy
solar cell(s)
solar energy
solar power satellite(s)
solid freeform fabrication
solid printing / solid printers
SolidWorks
solitary replication
Sommerfeld, William
sonolytic pyrolysis
Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Sorensen, Mark
Sosic, Rok
South Bank University
space colonies
Space Hardware Optimization Technology (SHOT), Inc.
Space Manufacturing Conference
space manufacturing systems
space shuttle / Space Transportation System
space solar power
Space Studies Board
Space Studies Institute
Spalding, Charles H.
sparrow
spatial dispersal patterns
specialization
specialized factory
specialized replicating system
special transmission states
specific design guidelines
specific energy for replication
specific identity
specificity of the design
speed of light
S phase
spiders
Spiegelman, Sol
spliceosome
sponges
spores
Springer, George S.
Sprout-Waldron Company
Square-Cube law
SRI International
SRMS
SRRLF
SRS
SSI
SSP
Stabil
stable cavitation
Stadler, P.F.
Stanford Research Institute
Stanford University
Stanford University course (CS 404)
Stanlo
Staphylococcus aureus
Star Trek / Star Trek’s
Star Wars
Stassinopoulos, D.
Steelbuilder
Steel Engineering
Steel Tec
Stemniski, Paul
Stentor coeruleus (Ciliata)
stereogenic
stereolithography
Sterling, Bruce
Stewart, Ian
Stewart platform
Stewart platform manipulator(s)
sticky fingers
stiction
stigmergy
Stirling engine(s)
STM
stochastic parallel microassembly
stockroom
Stoddart, Fraser
Stokes’ law
Stokes’ law drag power
Stokes sedimentation law
Stokys
storage-based systems
Strandh, Sigvar
Stratasys Inc.
strategies for exponential kinematic self-replication
Streptococcus lactis
strict replication fidelity
Stride, Scot L.
Structo
Structomode
structural information
structure-replicators
Stuke, M.
Sturgeon, William
sub-exponential growth
substrate naturalicity
substrate physicality
substrate physical dimensionality
substrate sufficiency
substrate technology level or granularity
subtractive mechanosynthesis
subtractive synthesis
subunit(s)
subunit fate
subunits presentation
subunit targeting
Sugawara, H.
Sugita, Motoyosi
Suh, J.W.
Suh, N.P.
summer study
Sun, Hong-Bo
superautomation
supergiant stars
supporter
suppressing evolvability
suppressor gene
suppress variability
supramolecular tetrahedra
survivability
Sussman, Gerald J.
Suthakorn, Jackrit
Suthakorn-Chirikjian categorization of self-replicating robots
Suthakorn-Chirikjian LEGO® replicator
Suthakorn-Cushing-Chirikjian autonomous replicator
swarm
Swarm-bots Project
swarm construction
swarm robotics
Swedish Institute of Computer Science
sweet birch
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
symbiont(s)
symbioorganism(s)
symbiosis
Symmetric MultiProcessors
synthase
synthetic amino acids
Synthetic Biology Lab
synthetic cell biology
synthetic enzymes
synthetic lifeforms
synthetic organisms
synthetic polio RNA
synthetic RNA
synthetic viroid
Syracuse University
system assemblers
systematic closure engineering
system closure
system information content
Szathmary, Eors
Szathmary classification of replicators
Szostak, Jack W.

T
2001 <the movie>
2010 <the book>
T-1000
T4 <bacteriophage / virus>
T7 <bacteriophage / virus>
3-D electromechanical components
3-D electronic components
3-D gadget printer
3-D microstructures
3-D nanostructure fabrication
3-D printer / “three dimensional printer”
3-D resin-sculpted bull
3-D solid printing
3D Studio Max
3D Systems
3-D tubes of living tissue
tabletop-sized factories
Takno
tamper resistance
Tan, Weihong
Taneja, Vidya S.
Tang, Jon
TAPET
tapeworms
taxonomy of replicators
taxonomy of risk assessments for nanotechnology
taxonomy of taxonomies
Taylor, Theodore B.
Taylor Santa Claus machine
Taylor, Tim
Taylor categorization of reproducers
TECC
Technische Universitat Ilmenau
technology level
tectoRNA
teeth
Teknik
tektology
teleautonomy
telecube
Telefactor
Telefactors Working Group
teleoperated kinematic replicator
teleoperated microassembly
teleoperated replicators
teleoperation / teleoperate(d)
teleoperation-management system
telepresence
telerobotics
telomeres
telophase
Temin, H.M.
Tempesti, Gianluca
template-based reproduction
template-dependent ligation
template-directed colloidal crystallization
template(s) / templating
templated self-assembly
templated synthesis of porphyrin systems
template molecules
temporal dimensionality
TemSi
tenrec
termination dates
Terminator 2
terminator technology
termite(s)
terraforming
territory formation
tessellation
tessellation automata
testes
Tethya aurantia
Tetrahymena
Tetrahymena pyriformis
tetrobot
Thale Stahlbau Technik
thallus
Thatcher, James
Thatcher’s variant
“The Cat in the Hat Comes Back”
The Constructioneer
The Engineer
“The Lover of Lies”
“The Magician’s Assistant”
The Preparation
The Reproductive System
Therics
thermal expansion
thermal expansion in diamond walls
thermal noise
thermal vibrations
thermite
Thermojet Solid Object Printer
ThermoJet 3-D printer
thermostat
The Selfish Gene
“The Sentinel”
The Shockwave Rider
“The Sorcerer’s Apprentice”
Thimbleby, Harold
Thiomargarita namibiensis
Third World
Thompson, Clive
Thompson, Richard L.
Thorson, Mark
throughput closure
thymidine synthesis
thymine dimer bypass
Tibetan
Tierra
Tierran organisms
Tilden, Mark W.
time of fecundity
timing of subunit activation
Tinkertoys®
Tipler, Frank J.
tmRNA
TMV
tobacco mosaic virus
tobacco ringspot virus
Todd, Paul
Todd robotic lunar ecopoiesis
Todo, Isao
Toffoli, Tommaso
togavirus(es)
Tohoku University
Tomassino, Marco
Tom Thumb algorithm
Toobers & Zots
tool chuck
top-down
total automation
Toth-Fejel, Tihamer
Toth-Fejel kinematic cellular automata
toxicology risks
Toyota Motor Corp
ToyTown
traceability
transfer vectors
transformative operation types
transformative processes
transient cavitation
translation
transmissible spongiform encephalopathies
transponder network
transporter subsystem
Treatise on Man
Treder, Mike
tree hyrax
tree shrew
tribbles
Trinity College
triple crossover
trivial self-reproduction
TRIX
tRNA
tRNA recognition
tRNA synthetase(s) / tRNA-synthetase
Trojan horse
Trumodel
trypanosomes
TSEs
Tulipa
Tullbery, Sten-Ove
Tumor Amplified Protein Expression Therapy
Tung, Steve
Turberfield, Andrew
Turing automata
Turing gas
Turing machine
Turing patterns
Turner, Linda
Turney, Peter
two step induction
typogenetics
typography of self-reproducers

U
UCLA
Ulam, Stanislaw
Uldrich, Jack
ultramicrobacteria
ultrasonic irradiation
unexcitable
unicellular
Unifi Inc.
unilateral disarmament
unilateral reverse engineering
Unimation, Inc.
unit duplication model
unit fission model
unit growth
unit growth model
unit replication / unit replicator
units of evolution
unity
universal assembler(s)
“universal” bases
universal construction
universal constructor(s)
Universal Telegraph
Universidad de Granada
Universitat Dortmund
Universiteit van Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Universities Space Research Association
University College (London)
University of Aarhus
University of Aizu
University of Budapest
University of California at Berkeley
University of California at Los Angeles
University of Dortmund
University of Dundee
University of Edinburgh
University of Electro-Communications
University of Florida
University of Guelph
University of Hertfordshire
University of Idaho
University of Illinois
University of Linz
University of Massachusetts
University of Melbourne
University of Minnesota
University of Newcastle upon Tyne
University of New Mexico
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
University of North Texas
University of Notre Dame
University of Oxford
University of Pennsylvania
University of Santa Clara
University of Southampton
University of South Carolina
University of Southern California
University of Southern Denmark
University of Sussex
University of Szeged
University of Texas at Austin
University of Texas at Dallas
University of the West of England
University of Tokyo
University of Twente
University of Utah
University of Western Australia
University of Zurich
unlimited heredity
unmanned
unnatural amino acid(s)
(unnatural) genetic alphabets
unnatural nucleobases
unpowered
unsafe artificial mechanical replicators
Unsal, Cem
“unsheathed” replicating loop
urban renewal kit
Urdea, M.S.
USATU
USC
USC Information Sciences Institute
U.S. Department of Transportation
U.S. factory manufacturing system
U.S. House Science Committee
U.S. Patent Office
U.S. Patent Office Manual
USRA
USSR Patent Department
utility fog

V
vacuum tube(s)
Vaidyanathan
Valdes, Francisco
Vanderbilt University
van der Waals
van der Waals adhesion
van der Waals cage
van der Waals pegs
van Nedervelde, Philip
Van Vogt, A.E.
Vanuxem lecture(s)
Varela, Francisco J.
Varetto, L.
variability
Vaucanson Jacques de
Vaucanson’s duck
Venter, J. Craig
venture capital
verification of production concepts
vervet
VHDL
vHDV
vibratory agitation
Vibrio comma
Vicale Corp.
Vion Pharmaceuticals
viral marketing
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
viroid(s)
viroid-like RNAs
viroid replication rate
viroid replication time
virotherapies
virtual device
virtual organisms
virtual physics
virtual product
virtual replicator(s)
virtual robot(s)
virus(es)
virus, computer
“viscous regime”
Visual Basic
Visual C++
vitamin architecture
vitamin architecture for materials
vitamin C
vitamin molecules
vitamin parts
vitamin processes
Vitanyi, P.M.B.
VLSI Hardware Description Language
Vogel, Viola
Vogue
Volen Center for Complex Systems
von Ehr, James
von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang
von Kiedrowski, Gunter
von Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm
von Neumann, John
von Neumann architecture
von Neumann machine(s)
von Neumann probe(s)
von Tiesenhausen, Georg
von Tiesenhausen unit replication system
Voyage of the Space Beagle
Vulcan’s Hammer
Vyssotsky, V.A.

W
Wachs, Jason
Wachtershauser, G.
Wagner, H.
walking microrobot
wall stiffness during external acoustic forcing
wall stiffness during internal mechanical activities
wall sublimation
Walsh, Peter J.
Wang, James C.F.
Wang tile(s) / Wang-tile
Ward, J.
warehouse
Wasserman, Edel
waste(s)
waste heat
waste products
water opossum
Wator
Watson, Richard A.
Watson-Crick pairing
weapon(s)
weapon systems
wear
weather simulations
Weineler, Brian
Weiss, Ron
Wendt, Christopher H.
Wengel, Jesper
Wenz, G.
West, Geoffrey B.
Westberg, H.
western larch
Western Union
wet/natural
When Harlie Was One
Whitaker, Randall
white ash
white fir
Whitehead Institute
white oak
Whitesides, George W.
white spruce
whole gene synthesis
Wiener, Norbert
wild water buffalo
Wilke, Claus O.
Will, Peter
willful misuse
Wilson, W.C.
Winfree, Erik
Winkless, Nelson B., III
Wisdom/Sagesse
Woese, C.R.
Wolbachia
Wolpert, L.
Wong, Chris
Woods Hole
wool
word processing for DNA
workcell designs
workpiece
workplace
workspace
WorkSpace <only the one entry with Capital Letters, in Section 5.8>
worm(s)
Wright brothers
Wu, Vincent

X
Xenopus laevis
Xerox PARC
Xia, T.K.
XOR gates

Y
YACs
Yager, Paul
Yale University
Yamanashi Prefecture
Yamazaki Mazak
Yan, Hao
Yasukawa Electric
yeast
yeast artificial chromosomes
Yeh, H.J.
yellow-bellied marmot
yellow fever
Yim, Mark
Yokoyama, Takashi
Yoshida, Eiichi
Young, R.D.
Yudasaka, Masako
Yudkowsky, Eliezer S.
Yurke, Bernard

Z
Z-3 machine
Zachary, William B.
Zama plant
Z Corporation
Zeno’s Factory
zeolite(s)
zero-emissions
zero waste
Zettl, A.
Zhou, Demin
Zhou, Yu
ZigZag
Zipf power law
Zolo
Zome System
Zuse, Konrad
zygote
Zyvex Corp. / Zyvex
Zyvex exponential assembly
Zyvex microscale assemblers
Zyvex nanomanipulator array assembler system

Last updated on 1 August 2005