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Roboramma · 15th January 2020, 12:27 AM

Originally Posted by Armitage72

Scientists at the University of Vermont and Tufts University have created millimeter-wide biological robots from frog stem cells, shaped by a supercomputer and capable of movement, self-repair, and coordinated action.

It reminds me a little of a novel I read, in which the author did research into actual nanotech research and featured nanobots that looked like starfish.

Nice. I've been waiting for this since reading Engines of Creation nearly 20 years ago. It always seemed to me that adapting existing biology was the right way to go.

15th January 2020, 12:27 AM	#5
Roboramma Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Shanghai Posts: 14,150	Originally Posted by Armitage72 Scientists at the University of Vermont and Tufts University have created millimeter-wide biological robots from frog stem cells, shaped by a supercomputer and capable of movement, self-repair, and coordinated action. It reminds me a little of a novel I read, in which the author did research into actual nanotech research and featured nanobots that looked like starfish. Nice. I've been waiting for this since reading Engines of Creation nearly 20 years ago. It always seemed to me that adapting existing biology was the right way to go.
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