Nanomachines used as protection against grey goo
and other destructive nanomachines,
possibly even used for law-enforcement (nanarchy).
According to the entry in the Jargon File, it is sometimes used to denote any
form of benign nanotechnology in the environment. [Alan
Lovejoy]
Term
for 'police' nanobots intended to prevent gray goo, denature hazardous waste,
destroy pollution, put ozone back into the stratosphere, prevent halitosis,
and promote truth, justice, and the American way, etc. The term "Blue
Goo" can be found in Dr. Seuss's Fox In Socks to refer to a substance
much like bubblegum. 'Would you like to chew blue goo, sir?'. See nanotechnology.
Nanomachines used as protection against 'Grey
Goo' and other destructive nanomachines,
possibly even used for law-enforcement (see 'Nanarchy').
According to the entry in the Jargon File, it is sometimes used to denote any
form of benign nanotechnology in the environment. [Alan
Lovejoy]
Opposite
of Grey goo. Beneficial tech, or "police" nanobots. The trouble
with blue goo is that it could easily make too much of itself--and it's hard
to clean up, even to replace with a later version. The idea of "Blue
goo" was apparently invented in 1989 [link]; since then a lot more work has been done on how to stop gray goo, especially
in this paper by Robert A. Freitas Jr. "Some Limits to Global Ecophagy by BiovorousNanoreplicators, with Public Policy
Recommendations", and it appears that (for example) a full-blown
worldwide atmospheric infestation can be cleaned up with a mere 88,000 tons
of pre-built, non-replicating dragnet robots. [Alan Lovejoy; definition
written by CP]
