Ralph Merkle
Ralph Merkle
Ralph C. Merkleis a computer scientist. He is one of the inventors of public key cryptography, the inventor of cryptographic hashing, and more recently a researcher and speaker of cryonics...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth2 February 1952
CountryUnited States of America
ill-health tools levels
Disease and ill health are caused largely by damage at the molecular and cellular level, yet todays surgical tools are too large to deal with that kind of problem.
technology decision looks
If you look at the various strategies available for dealing with a new technology, sticking your head in the sand is not the most plausible strategy.
treatment symptoms proven
What we refer to as 'death' is just a set of symptoms that have proven resistant to treatment.
thinking technology worry
If you think the technology is infeasible, you don't worry about what it might do and what its potential is.
technology suffering quality
If we can reduce the cost and improve the quality of medical technology through advances in nanotechnology, we can more widely address the medical conditions that are prevalent and reduce the level of human suffering.
technology land cost
A potato can grow quite easily on a very small plot of land. With molecular manufacturing, we'll be able to have distributed manufacturing, which will permit manufacturing at the site using technologies that are low-cost and easily available.