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Nanobot Uses Bacteria Swarm for Propulsion
Canadian researcher Sylvain Martel has developed a ultra tiny machine that can be propelled and steered through a swarm of 3,000 bacteria.
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New G.I. Joe Trailer Looks Like a Bizarro Iron Man Flick
While we should all be insulted that the new G.I. Joe movie wants us take Marlon Wayans semi-seriously, I can't hate all the Iron Man-like exoskeleton action going on in this new French trailer.
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Flying Microbot Gives Wings to Imminent Doomsday Scenario
Researchers at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, seemingly oblivious to the fact that technology is exponentially outpacing our ability to keep up with it, have created a new breed of levitating micro-machines.
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Robotic Insects Could Build Human Habitats on Mars Before We Arrive
Move over bristlebot: Europe's I-SWARM program is developing some similarly small but much smarter micro 'bots that could be used to build human colonies on Mars. The tiny machines would be dispersed in huge numbers, working automatically and...
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Eye-Controlled Robot Performs Open Heart Surgery, Makes a Mean Pastrami Sandwich
Right now, the best Doogie Howser-bot around still requires a surgeon to actually go through motions of surgery, making them suffer hand cramps and light perspiration, when they could be sipping lattes or curing cancer. Well, researchers at the...
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Nanobots Get Brains, Scarecrows So Freakin' Jealous
We love this quote from Dr. Anirban Bandyopadhyay of Japan's National Institute for Materials Science:...this is the first time we have created a nano-brain.Is anyone else a little flushed after reading that? Here's the story:
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Researchers Begin Work on Building Real Life (Microscopic) Transformers
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have begun work on creating tiny groups of robots that utilize electromagnetic forces to alter their shape and function. Ultimately, the team hopes to build a large number of microscopic robots that are...
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Sperm Could Be the Slave Drivers of the Nanobot Future
Scientists are investigating the possibility of using the "tiny assembly line that powers the whip-like tail of sperm" to send medical nanobots racing throughout the body. In order to work, these devices would have to be made from biomedical...
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What You Missed Last Weekend
If you missed the weekend blogging spectacular, here's your chance to catch up:
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Scientists Develop Artery Scurrying Micro Robot
The boffins at Chonnam National University have created a microscopic robot to be used in medical procedures to clear blocked arteries. The minuscule robot has six legs and walks in the same manner as a crab. The researchers have discovered the...
