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Saturday, January 7, 2012

Take Two Robots and Call Me in the Morning

microbots in blood stream.jpg

Researchers in South Korea demonstrated a microrobot moving through a structure intended to simulate the environment of a blood vessel. The microbot can move up and down (1 and 2), and wiggle through the simulated vessel in a helical motion (2, 3, 5, 6).

In the 1966 film "Fantastic Voyage," medical personnel board a submarine that shrinks to microscopic size and enters the bloodstream of a wounded diplomat to save his life.

The going is rough, with waves of blood that rock the sub with every heartbeat, and antibodies that attack it as an infection. They succeed in the end.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/01/07/take-two-robots-and-call-me-in-morning/

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