Tiny robots can find and kill diseases

*BlackFox · **Joined:** Sep 2008 **Posts:** 7923 **Location:**

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Microscopic robots may soon be detecting and even preventing diseases instantly at doctors' offices across the nation, eliminating the need for multiple tests or treatment plans.

It may sound like science fiction, but one of the nation's top nanotechnology scientists said it could be only four or five years away.

"I think it's coming pretty soon," said Dr. Shree Singh, the director of the Center for NanoBiotechnology Research at Alabama State University. "In the near future, you will have some small nanomachines that will basically cure the disease before it even happens. Basically any kind of disease diagnosis or prevention can be done through nanobiotechnology."

Singh spoke during a recent summit for state and national scientists in Montgomery, where they shared new ideas and innovations in the field. His group at ASU has worked on viral and antibacterial research.

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DarkJackal · **Joined:** Feb 2006 **Posts:** 6119 **Location:** A den~

And so the Borg are born.

Hideoki · **Joined:** Dec 2007 **Posts:** 1304 **Location:**

i bet they could also be used for the exact opposite!

Love · **Joined:** Nov 2007 **Posts:** 5336 **Location:**

Hideoki wrote:

i bet they could also be used for the exact opposite!

Put them in when sick, take then out when done.

Looking forward to this seeing as I am sick and all, I give them 30 years after that I'll be too old to care and will only be interested in criosleep til life extensions are practical.

BuDo · **Joined:** Dec 2008 **Posts:** 4714 **Location:**

The NSA is foaming at the mouth from all the possibilities...

*BlackFox · **Joined:** Sep 2008 **Posts:** 7923 **Location:**

Hideoki wrote:

i bet they could also be used for the exact opposite!

+1 Robots to commit murders!

Love · **Joined:** Nov 2007 **Posts:** 5336 **Location:**

PUT THEM IN WHEN SICK, TAKE THEM OUT WHEN DONE.

Toshiharu · **Joined:** Feb 2008 **Posts:** 4222 **Location:** Nowhere

Love wrote:

PUT THEM IN WHEN SICK, TAKE THEM OUT WHEN DONE.

Since you felt the need to share the message again, but this time in bold red.. I can only guess that means blood will be spilled and you cannot remove them. All hail the glorious robotic future.

Bartic · **Posted:** Mon Oct 28, 2013 10:33 am

Love wrote:

PUT THEM IN WHEN SICK, TAKE THEM OUT WHEN DONE.

But how can you know... they'll "remove them when done"? Lulz

Love · **Joined:** Nov 2007 **Posts:** 5336 **Location:**

Bartic wrote:

Love wrote:

PUT THEM IN WHEN SICK, TAKE THEM OUT WHEN DONE.

But how can you know... they'll "remove them when done"? Lulz

Worst case scenario you emp yourself. That being said when this becomes practical it will have a lot of attention, won't be able to sneak anything in specially at the size we are talking about, refer to wikileaks.

Also pasemakers already have this "kill switch" ability, have yet to see people dropping from that .....

Bartic · **Posted:** Mon Oct 28, 2013 11:23 am

Love wrote:

Bartic wrote:

Love wrote:

PUT THEM IN WHEN SICK, TAKE THEM OUT WHEN DONE.

But how can you know... they'll "remove them when done"? Lulz

Worst case scenario you emp yourself. That being said when this becomes practical it will have a lot of attention, won't be able to sneak anything in specially at the size we are talking about, refer to wikileaks.

Also pasemakers already have this "kill switch" ability, have yet to see people dropping from that .....

I was just imitating *BF and this would probably be his response.

I don't think people would use this for bad things. Just as you said, same thing with pacemakers.

*BlackFox · **Joined:** Sep 2008 **Posts:** 7923 **Location:**

But a pacemaker.. doesn't crawl in your body.

Aventus · **Posted:** Mon Oct 28, 2013 10:45 pm

*BlackFox wrote:

But a pacemaker.. doesn't crawl in your body.

Nope it's only in charge of keeping your most important organ functioning correctly.

Mayumi · **Posted:** Tue Oct 29, 2013 12:40 am

This reminds me of an old movie called "Innerspace"

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093260/

Bartic · **Posted:** Tue Oct 29, 2013 10:34 am

Mayumi wrote:

This reminds me of an old movie called "Innerspace"

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093260/

Watched that movie a long time ago, I liked it.

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