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by jpm_sd 1883 days ago
This was published in 2004 and was highly speculative at the time. We are still a long, long way from the Diamond Age fantasy of self assembling nanotech.

Recent work in this area seems to mostly involve modding 3D printers to try and integrate conductive materials (basic circuits) into plastic structures.

Example:

https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/botfactory-to-develop-u-...