<div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div class="protonmail_quote">On Wednesday, 21 October 2026 at 19:47, John Clark <johnkclark@gmail.com> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="protonmail_quote" type="cite">
<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div></div><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div><br></div><div><font size="4" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><b>That is impressive!<span class="gmail_default" style=""> Thanks for posting this Ben.</span> There is a company called <span class="gmail_default" style=""> <a href="https://www.atomicmachines.com/" style="" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener">Atomic Machines</a> that is trying to make something that they call a "matter compiler", if they are not successful then somebody else will be and then the distinction between software and hardware will get blurry. </span></b></font></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size: 16.5pt; line-height: normal;">Yes, all very exciting and impressive. But.</span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size: 16.5pt; line-height: normal;">Nowhere can I see any information on what their 'matter compiler' actually IS. No description of it, no patent reference, no diagrams. As far as I can see, there's only hype. Very impressive hype, but still hype.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 16.5pt; line-height: normal;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 16.5pt; line-height: normal;">The only clue is a passing mention of ribosomes. But no actual information. Is it a kind of synthetic ribosome, in the micro-scale? I've thought for a long time that this might be a good approach to nanotech, so if it is a kind of ribosome, or a ribosome-inspired machine, I'll be delighted. But so far, I'm just frustrated, and can't see any sign that it's not just hype.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 16.5pt; line-height: normal;">---</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 16.5pt; line-height: normal;">Ben</span></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><blockquote class="protonmail_quote" type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br>
</blockquote></div></div>
</blockquote><br>
</div></div>