July 9, 2009: Creepy Robot

xoxoxoBruce · 07-09-2009, 12:26 AM

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.

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

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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.

Sundae · 07-09-2009, 09:12 AM

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

Shawnee123 · 07-09-2009, 09:31 AM

Fantastic Voyage

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?

Beest · 07-09-2009, 12:32 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?

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

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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?

Yea. That is what I was thinking..

Shawnee123 · 07-09-2009, 05:58 PM

07-09-2009, 06:03 AM	#2
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	eeewwwwww...... It gives me the heebie jeebies just thinking about that thing inside my body. Looks like a bot fly. __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

07-09-2009, 07:24 AM	#4
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Well where's the freaking Rosie the Robot to cook dinner and clean? They're going in the wrong direction. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

07-09-2009, 07:55 AM	#6
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Ch'yeah...they promised. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

07-09-2009, 09:11 AM	#8
birdclaw putting the "g" in flight Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 145	Yikes. I see this as being a form of torture when mixed with an MRI machine. __________________ “The difference between a man and a boy is, a boy wants to grow up to be a fireman, but a man wants to grow up to be a giant monster fireman.”

07-09-2009, 09:31 AM	#10
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Fantastic Voyage Attached Images __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

07-09-2009, 06:58 AM	#3
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	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.

07-09-2009, 07:28 AM	#5
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Where's my bloody jet-car?

07-09-2009, 08:18 AM	#7
deek aka : Mike Hock Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Missouri Posts: 7	All I can picture is the tiny robot going into Neo's belly button in The Matrix

07-09-2009, 09:12 AM	#9
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Hey, if this replaces a speculum... happy days.

07-09-2009, 11:51 AM	#11
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	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. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

07-09-2009, 12:08 PM	#12
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Do you mean like modern day keyholes, or those big giant ones for skeleton keys, which you can put your eyeball up to anyway? __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

07-09-2009, 05:58 PM	#15
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	__________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

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