Replicators on the Horizon: The astonishing 'flowering 'micromachines that can build themselves

The astonishing 'flowering 'micromachines that can build themselves | Mail Online: "Tiny machines that could do everything from carry drugs through the body to keep our clothes clean have been a staple of science fiction for decades.



However, researchers have now made a major breakthrough in mass producing them - by creating tiny 3D structures that 'bloom' like a flower, bending themselves into shape.

Researchers say the technique could now be used to mass produce tiny self-assembling nanomachines."