On 9 Feb 2014 at 12:50, Tim O'Reilly wrote:
> The 3d laser scanner is an idea that goes with it, but I'd think you
> may want the opportunity to also have some way of looking at the
> inside of things x-ray and other methods ... how else to build that
> seamless sphere with something inside it?
Basically, you *can't*. Not without the "plans" to feed into the
faber.
Anything that can scan through a steel (or whatever) shell is going
to thoroughly *trash* microm scale structures such as ICs. Especially
if you are trying to resolve said micron scale structures thru
several com (or more) of "other stuff".
Neutrinos might be able to scan without damage, but they don't have
the required resolution.
And you need to know what kind of atom goes where for things like
that. Scanners aren't going to do that very well.
"reverse engineering" stuff like that will be a *destructive*
process, and likely involve stripping away atoms one by one as you
"scan" the original.
--
Leonard Erickson (aka shadow)
shadow at shadowgard dot com
> The 3d laser scanner is an idea that goes with it, but I'd think you
> may want the opportunity to also have some way of looking at the
> inside of things x-ray and other methods ... how else to build that
> seamless sphere with something inside it?
Basically, you *can't*. Not without the "plans" to feed into the
faber.
Anything that can scan through a steel (or whatever) shell is going
to thoroughly *trash* microm scale structures such as ICs. Especially
if you are trying to resolve said micron scale structures thru
several com (or more) of "other stuff".
Neutrinos might be able to scan without damage, but they don't have
the required resolution.
And you need to know what kind of atom goes where for things like
that. Scanners aren't going to do that very well.
"reverse engineering" stuff like that will be a *destructive*
process, and likely involve stripping away atoms one by one as you
"scan" the original.
--
Leonard Erickson (aka shadow)
shadow at shadowgard dot com