1. I fucking TOLD YOU! POst reg'd Death2Me/Katalyst.
2. CNN from 2018: "Hong Kong scientists develop new ‘nano-swarm’ robots"
https://edition.cnn.com/2018/09/04/health/nano-swarm-robots-intl/index.html
"A groundbreaking new method of controlling nano-robots that emulates natural swarm behavior has been developed by scientists in Hong Kong, the first step in what is hoped could lead to a major medical advancement in the treatment of blood clots.
Nano-robots are miniscule robots or machines that are measured in nanometers, with one nanometer equivalent to one billionth of a meter. They can be used to complete nanoscale mechanical tasks, such as moving molecules, with precision and mobility.
Led by Associate Professor Li Zhang, a team of scientists from the Chinese University of Hong Kong designed and implemented a strategy of using oscillating magnetic fields to create highly reconfigurable ribbon-like swarms of nano-robots, millions of magnetic nanoparticles each less than one micron wide, or one-fifth the length of a red blood cell.
As programmers tune the applied magnetic fields, the “micro-swarm” of nano-robots is capable of performing a wide range of structural changes, including extending, shrinking, splitting, and merging, all with a high degree of accuracy.
“The high reconfigurability is a key discovery,” Zhang told CNN whose findings were published in the science journal Nature in August. “The nanobot swarm can be operated in a controlled fashion with a high speed, which has never been reported before.”
It is hoped surgeons could manipulate the nano-robots to pass through highly compact spaces within organs and blood vessels, allowing the nano-robots to resolve blood clots and assist with targeted drug delivery to cells.
For all their potential medical applications, nano-robots are largely in the research and development stage of production, as clinical trials of nano-robots in humans have yet to be approved due to issues with strict regulations on human testing.
“My medical doctor collaborators from the Hong Kong
Prince of Wales Hospitals and I expect that we could translate the nanorobotics technology to clinical applications in five years. We are doing animal studies right now,” Zhang said.
:facepalm:
"Why does Wp believe stupid shit like this?
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