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121Santa Claus machine — A Santa Claus Machine, named after the folkloric Santa Claus, is a hypothetical machine that is capable of creating any required object or structure out of any given material. It is most often referenced by futurists and science fiction writers… …
122Spiegelman Monster — is the name given to an RNA chain of only 218 nucleotides that is able to be reproduced by an RNA replication enzyme. It is named after its creator, Sol Spiegelman, of the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. DescriptionSpiegelman… …
123Rapid prototyping — For rapid software prototyping, see rapid application development. A rapid prototyping machine using selective laser sintering. Rapid prototyping is the automatic construction of physical objects using additive manufacturing technology. The first …
124Mycoplasma laboratorium — is a planned partially synthetic species of bacterium derived from the genome of Mycoplasma genitalium. This effort in synthetic biology is being undertaken at the J. Craig Venter Institute by a team of approximately 20 scientists headed by Nobel …
125blue goo — (BLOO goo) n. Proposed nanotechnological machines that would monitor and control other machines to ensure that their replication does not get out of control. Example Citation: The nano enthusiasts also occupied themselves considering whether such …
126Mechanosynthesis — Part of a series of articles on Molecular Nanotechnology …
127Girl Genius — Agatha, main character of Girl Genius Author(s) Phil Kaja Foglio Website …
128Colonization of the Moon — Lunar outpost redirects here. For NASA s plan to construct an outpost between 2012 and 2024, see Lunar outpost (NASA). Moonbase redirects here. For other uses, see Moonbase (disambiguation). 1986 artist concept The colonization of the Moon is the …
