Nanotechnologies and nanosystems of informatics as a basis for self-replication

Abstract

If basic elements applied in given technology are single atoms or molecules, then this technology is named nanotechnology. If basic elements of codes used in the given system of informatics are single atoms or molecules, then such a system of informatics is called nanosystem of informatics. Recent research on the nanotechnological processes of molecular products and objects synthesis as well as research on the nanosystems of informatics stimulate development of the technical systems of informatics. Until now, the latter have been used mainly for the computational tasks, when similarly to biological organisms, they allowed for development of self-replicating products and complete objects. One can focus here on the model of a circulation of materials, information and energy in a biological cell, and a model of the self-replication phenomenon. In the model of materials, information and energy circulation, we may distinguish a two-stage process of creating products, which are later on used for objects construction. The first stage is a translation process based on information from mRNA, while the second stage is a phase of post-translational modifications based on environment interaction. The self-replication model presented in this paper refers to a self-replication of a material object together with its internal software, which had determined object's creation. Presented models of materials, information and energy circulation in a biological cell together with models of self-replication phenomenon can be the basis for a design and development of the technical systems of informatics capable to create the self-replicating products and objects.