If we can reduce the cost and improve the quality of medical technology through advances in nanotechnology, we can more widely address the medical conditions that are prevalent and reduce the level of human suffering. — Ralph Merkle Copy Share Image
Disease and ill health are caused largely by damage at the molecular and cellular level, yet todays surgical tools are too large to deal with that kind of problem. — Ralph Merkle Copy Share Image
The laws of physics should allow us to arrange things molecule by molecule and even atom by atom, and at some point it was… — Ralph Merkle Copy Share Image
One of the things that we can say with confidence is that we will have much lighter, much stronger materials, and this will reduce… — Ralph Merkle Copy Share Image
If you look at the various strategies available for dealing with a new technology, sticking your head in the sand is not the most… — Ralph Merkle Copy Share Image
Because of technological limits, there is a certain amount of food that we can produce per acre. If we were to have intensive greenhouse… — Ralph Merkle Copy Share Image
One of the concepts essential to molecular manufacturing is that of a self-replicating manufacturing system. That concept has lagged behind in its acceptance. — Ralph Merkle Copy Share Image
One of the issues facing us today is that there are countries where there is a serious lack of resources, the standards of living… — Ralph Merkle Copy Share Image
Food is available, but it cannot be shipped into an area, so the people in that area suffer the consequences. — Ralph Merkle Copy Share Image
Lighter computers and lighter sensors would let you have more function in a given weight, which is very important if you are launching things… — Ralph Merkle Copy Share Image
We are looking at a future where to a first approximation, everyone is wealthy. — Ralph Merkle Copy Share Image
If you look at the human condition today, not everyone is well fed, has access to good medical care, or the physical basics that… — Ralph Merkle Copy Share Image
Nanotechnology will let us build computers that are incredibly powerful. We'll have more power in the volume of a sugar cube than exists in… — Ralph Merkle Copy Share Image
If we attempt to block the development of new technology, we effectively have ensured that the most responsible parties will not develop them. — Ralph Merkle Copy Share Image
