nanite n.
a nanomachine designed to build other nanomachines; a self-reproducing nanorobot
Memory Alpha
Star Trek
Robotics
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1989 Evolution (Star Trek: The Next Generation episode) (transcription)
I've been working on my final project for Advanced Genetics. It’s on nanotechnology. I've been studying the nanites we have in the Sickbay genetic supplies. They're these little tiny robots with gigabytes of mechanical computer memory. They're designed to enter living cells and conduct repairs. They're supposed to remain confined to the lab.
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1990 Cinefantastique Sept. 40/1
Evolution… Good character drama, is negated by a silly ‘sci-fi’ premise in which Nannites are accidentally released…into the ship’s computer system.
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1992 Labyrinth of Night 315
Allen Steele
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Raw materials are being fed into the vats,…which in turn are being broken down into their basic elements by the nanites and reassembled into solid-state components for the starship.
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1996 Return xiii. 120
William Shatner
The neuronic implant will kill him long before the nanites fatally reconfigure his body.
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2016 SFX Sept. 52/1
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The Squad, recently released from prison and freshly implanted with coercive nanite bombs in their necks, are reunited with the gear confiscated when they were thrown in the slammer.
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2020 Anthropocene Rag vi. 62
Alex Irvine
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Private security, nanite scrubbers constantly flitting through the night sky like bats, the whole panorama of showy elitism in the ruins.
Research requirements
antedating 1989
Earliest cite
"Evolution", Star Trek: The Next Generation Episode
Research History
Bee Ostrowsky submitted a 2020 cite from Alex Irvine.
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