Apr 08
We already have the potential to reconfigure DNA
Apr 13
The nanobots are coming, and hopefully they’ll do more harm than good. but if they do decide to destroy the world, I hope it’s even half as catchy. More »
Mar 23
Sometimes it’s refreshing to find a song with a very candid title. Enter They Might Be Giant’s “You’re On Fire,” which is not only a kickin’ tune, but also literally about people being on fire. There you go. More »
Aug 07
The nanobot war is escalating. Not content to let Penn State’s nanospiders win the day, Georgia Tech has answered back with a noticeably less creepy blood-swimming robot model of its own, whose look is more that of a fish than any arachnid this time around. It still uses material changes to exert movement — here exposing hydrogels to electricity, heat, light or magnetism — but Georgia Tech’s method steers the 10-micron trooper to its destination through far more innocuous-sounding flaps. Researchers’ goals are still as benign as ever, with the goal either to deliver drugs or to build minuscule structures piece-by-piece. The catch is that rather important mention of a “model” from earlier: Georgia Tech only has a scientifically viable design to work from and needs someone to build it. Should someone step up, there’s a world of potential from schools of tiny swimmers targeting exactly what ails us.
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Georgia Tech models swimming, cargo-carrying nanobots originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 07 Aug 2012 02:44:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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