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* ''Literature/TheStarloreLegacy'': In ''LORE'', the alien Malakians send the Rayleans the blueprints to build these devices. They prove so useful that the Rayleans continue to use them even centuries later.
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* Related is the theoretical Drexler's [[{{Nanomachines molecular assembler]], an array of nanoscale multipurpose machines that construct whatever you want out of individual molecules and atoms.
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* Related is the theoretical Drexler's [[{{Nanomachines [[{{Nanomachines}} molecular assembler]], an array of nanoscale multipurpose machines that construct whatever you want out of individual molecules and atoms.
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* Related is the theoretical Drexler's molecular assembler, an array of nanoscale multipurpose machines that construct whatever you want out of individual molecules and atoms.
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* Related is the theoretical Drexler's [[{{Nanomachines molecular assembler, assembler]], an array of nanoscale multipurpose machines that construct whatever you want out of individual molecules and atoms.
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* The ''Series/LostInSpace'' episode "Wish Upon a Star" has the characters discover such a machine. It has its limits (can only make small things, and only a couple of times a day), but it's still danged impressive. Professor Robinson comes to the conclusion that its use is rapidly turning them all into lazy and materialistic jerks and decides to get rid of it. Smith runs off with it and in short order finds a way to [[TooDumbToLive almost kill himself]] with it, because he's Smith.
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For the ancient or magical equivalent, see UsefulNotes/{{Alchemy}} or ThePowerOfCreation. See {{Nanomachines}} for a related idea treated similarly by writers.
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See {{Nanomachines}} for a related idea treated similarly by writers. For the ancient or magical equivalent, see UsefulNotes/{{Alchemy}} or ThePowerOfCreation. See {{Nanomachines}} for a related idea treated similarly by writers.
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For the ancient or magical equivalent, see UsefulNotes/{{Alchemy}} or ThePowerOfCreation.
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Such a technology can run the risk of being a StoryBreakerPower if one stops and thinks through all the realistic consequences of it (such as: Can any random citizen use it to create weapons of mass destruction at will? How about addictive drugs? Can it create life, reducing ''people'' to the level of [[UniquenessValue mass produceable]] and [[DeathIsCheap easily replaceable]] [[SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil commodities]]? Is there even the ''remotest'' possibility it will be used sensibly or ethically?). It saves a lot of headaches for the writer to slap some arbitrary limits on the tech and assume that for the most part it's just useful for creating cups of coffee.
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Such a technology can run the risk of being a StoryBreakerPower if one stops and thinks through all the realistic consequences of it (such as: Can any random citizen use it to create weapons of mass destruction at will? How about addictive drugs? Can it create life, reducing ''people'' to the level of [[UniquenessValue mass produceable]] and [[DeathIsCheap [[ExpendableClone easily replaceable]] [[SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil commodities]]? Is there even the ''remotest'' possibility it will be used sensibly or ethically?). It saves a lot of headaches for the writer to slap some arbitrary limits on the tech and assume that for the most part it's just useful for creating cups of coffee.
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Such a technology can run the risk of being a StoryBreakerPower if one stops and thinks through all the realistic consequences of it (such as: Can any random citizen use it to create weapons of mass destruction at will? How about narcotics? Can it create life, reducing ''people'' to the level of [[UniquenessValue mass produceable]] and [[DeathIsCheap easily replaceable]] [[SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil commodities]]? Is there even the ''remotest'' possibility it will be used sensibly or ethically?). It saves a lot of headaches for the writer to slap some arbitrary limits on the tech and assume that for the most part it's just useful for creating cups of coffee.
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Such a technology can run the risk of being a StoryBreakerPower if one stops and thinks through all the realistic consequences of it (such as: Can any random citizen use it to create weapons of mass destruction at will? How about narcotics? addictive drugs? Can it create life, reducing ''people'' to the level of [[UniquenessValue mass produceable]] and [[DeathIsCheap easily replaceable]] [[SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil commodities]]? Is there even the ''remotest'' possibility it will be used sensibly or ethically?). It saves a lot of headaches for the writer to slap some arbitrary limits on the tech and assume that for the most part it's just useful for creating cups of coffee.
