Molecule Binding and Orienting Mechanism - Credits for this work are as follows: Based on a schematic design in Nanosystems: Molecular Machinery, Manufacturing, and Computation by K. Eric Drexler.
Animation: ©2005 Gina Miller.

This a mechanism for removing molecules from a liquid and attaching them to a moving belt (see Figure 13.5 on page 384 of Nanosystems: Molecular Machinery, Manufacturing, and Computation by K. Eric Drexler).

Click here to watch the movie (.mov 6.14 mb). This is a big file so if you are using a dial up connection it will require some patience.

Click here to watch a much smaller avi movie (.avi 1.19 mb).

A still from the animation:

Deepest appreciation to Eric Drexler .

Thank you Discreet weboard.

Mentioned on Nanodot.

This animation will be featured in a presentation by David R. Forrest, Sc.D., P.E. at the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (2005).

Copyright Gina Miller 1998-2007 - images and animations are not to be used or reproduced without permission of the artist

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