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xoxoxoBruce 07-09-2009 12:26 AM

July 9, 2009: Creepy Robot
 
I know it doesn't really look so creepy...
it really doesn't look like much at all.

http://cellar.org/2009/creepy.jpg

But;
Quote:

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.
Yup, that's creepy, reminds me of the fish that swim up urethras.

Quote:

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.
See! See! I told you they would go for the plumbing!

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capnhowdy 07-09-2009 06:03 AM

eeewwwwww......

It gives me the heebie jeebies just thinking about that thing inside my body. Looks like a bot fly.

Sundae 07-09-2009 06:58 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 07-09-2009 07:24 AM

Well where's the freaking Rosie the Robot to cook dinner and clean? They're going in the wrong direction. ;)

Sundae 07-09-2009 07:28 AM

Where's my bloody jet-car?

Shawnee123 07-09-2009 07:55 AM

Ch'yeah...they promised.

deek 07-09-2009 08:18 AM

All I can picture is the tiny robot going into Neo's belly button in The Matrix

birdclaw 07-09-2009 09:11 AM

Yikes. I see this as being a form of torture when mixed with an MRI machine. :yeldead:

Sundae 07-09-2009 09:12 AM

Hey, if this replaces a speculum... happy days.

Shawnee123 07-09-2009 09:31 AM

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TheMercenary 07-09-2009 11:51 AM

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 07-09-2009 12:08 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? :lol:

Beest 07-09-2009 12:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Shawnee123 (Post 580507)
Do you mean like modern day keyholes, or those big giant ones for skeleton keys, which you can put your eyeball up to anyway? :lol:

Ha, never occurred to me before, but you don't see big keyholes anymore, with the little swinging cover to keep out the draft, it's all Yale keys these days, young 'uns, don't know you're born.......

TheMercenary 07-09-2009 05:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shawnee123 (Post 580507)
Do you mean like modern day keyholes, or those big giant ones for skeleton keys, which you can put your eyeball up to anyway? :lol:

Yea. That is what I was thinking.. :D

Shawnee123 07-09-2009 05:58 PM

:)


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