[grey_whiskers]

I sit here wondering about a technology that could repair a broken bone thru manipulation of atoms within a living body from outside the body.

Am I crazy here or are we actually making strides toward something like this?

A number of years back researchers at one of the IBM labs manipulated individual atoms to spell out the letters IBM

The manipulation of individual atoms isn't necessarily the problem; it is rather the sheer NUMBER of atoms which have to be processed in order to have any macroscopic structural effects.

Cheers!

[BlueStateDepression]

WOW, thanks for that tidbit, I find that most exciting.

It gives me hope that one day we might just be able to in the scale required. Sounds as if it is really just a matter of time. A guy can have hope right? :)