{
  "video_id": "reddit_1tp6mv4",
  "channel_slug": "singularity",
  "channel_handle": "r/singularity",
  "title": "A research group appears to have made a significant step towards programmable atomically precise manufacturing AKA Drexlerian nanotechnology",
  "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/singularity/comments/1tp6mv4/a_research_group_appears_to_have_made_a/",
  "external_url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.27250",
  "upload_date": "20260527",
  "published_at": "2026-05-27T14:06:48+00:00",
  "transcript": "\n\n--- Top Comments ---\n\n\n[114 upvotes] >I've been working on the theory side for over 22 years for such a pair of announcements, and it is beyond gratifying to be able to finally report on experimental advances.\n>From 1986, when it was first formally proposed by K. Eric Drexler, to 2026, when its first instances as envisioned by many in the community (to a fundamental extent) have now been experimentally demonstrated in first forms with molecular tools and chemical reactions.\n>\"Hypothetical\" on wikipedia until this morning. The controversy over its feasibility was never to be settled until it was done in a lab. I am pleased to report, thanks to the efforts of the great team at CBN Nano Technologies, Inc., that the #hypothoversy may have found its end\n\n\n\n\n\n\nhttps://xcancel.com/somewhereville/status/2059577721525506058\n\n[53 upvotes] Ooo, does this mean we can finally begin making graphene at scale? Or rather, from my dim understanding of the paper, you can make precursor nanoribbons (since you can only make 1D polyynes and graphene is 2D) out of which you can build out larger crystals.\n\n[25 upvotes] this is so cooollll!\n\n[25 upvotes] Really cool. So it seems they solved the sticky fingers problem for carbon and hydrogen. Hopefully this can be scaled up. ",
  "transcript_chars": 1272,
  "ingested_at": "2026-05-28T01:30:19.842805+00:00",
  "source": "reddit",
  "yt_meta": {
    "score": 558,
    "upvote_ratio": 0.97,
    "num_comments": 84,
    "author": "Buck-Nasty",
    "is_self": false
  }
}