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July 9, 2009: Creepy Robot
I know it doesn't really look so creepy...
it really doesn't look like much at all.
But;
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SCIENTISTS FROM Israel's Technion University have unveiled a tiny robot, made using Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) technology, purportedly able to crawl through a person's veins in order to diagnose and potentially treat artery blockage and cancer. The little robot - with a diameter of just one millimeter - has neither engine nor onboard controls, instead being propelled forward by a magnetic field wielded on it from outside the patient's body. |
| As if getting under people's skin wasn't enough, Technion researchers say they're also looking at putting the ant-like creature to work in urban water distribution systems, to look for any leaks that need plugging. |
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capnhowdy Thursday Jul 9 07:03 AM
eeewwwwww......
It gives me the heebie jeebies just thinking about that thing inside my body. Looks like a bot fly.
Sundae Thursday Jul 9 07:58 AM
Phew.
I'm not worried by things that don't look creepy.
I couldn't sleep in a room with a clown doll.
But the CCTV network in this country doesn't keep me awake at night.
Shawnee123 Thursday Jul 9 08:24 AM
Well where's the freaking Rosie the Robot to cook dinner and clean? They're going in the wrong direction. 
Sundae Thursday Jul 9 08:28 AM
Where's my bloody jet-car?
Shawnee123 Thursday Jul 9 08:55 AM
Ch'yeah...they promised.
deek Thursday Jul 9 09:18 AM
All I can picture is the tiny robot going into Neo's belly button in The Matrix
birdclaw Thursday Jul 9 10:11 AM
Yikes. I see this as being a form of torture when mixed with an MRI machine. 
Sundae Thursday Jul 9 10:12 AM
Hey, if this replaces a speculum... happy days.
Shawnee123 Thursday Jul 9 10:31 AM
TheMercenary Thursday Jul 9 12:51 PM
Soon they will have things like that which will fly through key holes and see what is going down on the otherside.. Little remote spy bots.
Shawnee123 Thursday Jul 9 01:08 PM
Do you mean like modern day keyholes, or those big giant ones for skeleton keys, which you can put your eyeball up to anyway? 
Beest Thursday Jul 9 01:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Shawnee123
Do you mean like modern day keyholes, or those big giant ones for skeleton keys, which you can put your eyeball up to anyway?
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TheMercenary Thursday Jul 9 06:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Shawnee123
Do you mean like modern day keyholes, or those big giant ones for skeleton keys, which you can put your eyeball up to anyway?
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Shawnee123 Thursday Jul 9 06:58 PM
Griff Thursday Jul 9 07:33 PM
[Fletch] C,mon, it's all bio bots these days boys. [/Lives]
Hasn't anybody read Counting Heads by David Marusek? All you'll need is a few hours in a HALVENE tank to flush them all out.
Gravdigr Friday Jul 10 05:16 PM
Funny how they got bots that can do things like this, but no one can get a coffee stain outta my t-shirt.
capnhowdy Saturday Jul 11 11:30 AM
Hell, they could top those things in 1987
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