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Nano-Plasm -01-

Jonathan “Joe” Smythe was peering into the stereo lens of his scanning electron microscope. It was the latest facsimile – the SMX-3000. Smythe could request any equipment he wanted – and he often did. The other scientists were delineated his hand-me-downs – and considered themselves opportune to get them.

The three-dimensional view revealed a beehive of enterprise. Smythe was looking at two colonies of nano-machines which he saw as two dissimilar areas of activity visible in the microscope. On the port side side a set of tiny machines was forming a series of patterns like the patterns that a newborn's Spirograph toy makes… interlocking spiral shapes that phased in and out in an interminable array of patterns.

On the right side Smythe observed another set of these pint-sized machines, copying the pattern of the first set. Smythe had programmed the aid colony of nano-machines to do an impression of what the first set of nano-machines was doing, except a half-promote later. The second colony of nano-machines was fully talented of imitating the first colony within a microsecond – but at that dart Smythe would be unable to make inexpensive observations without resorting to ultra-acute-speed video recordings. Smythe preferred to do his investigation in real-time with direct note.

Debugging nano-technology was unquestionable.

Smythe saw nothing wrong with the patterns. The machines appeared to be performing flawlessly. Smythe made some further adjustments to the stereo microscope. Smythe “flew”, visually at least, in and out, up and down, and in and around the colony of nano-machines. He was searching for a matrix in the three-dimensional structures of the colonies of itsy-bitsy machines. Smythe felt like he was flying through a cloud of ever-changing coherent goo as he adjusted his microscope.

Smythe turned away from the microscope and picked up a Cup O’...

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