February 11, 2009

Will you let microbot swim in your bloodstream?



Monash University in Australia are working on microbot motors designed to swim through the human bloodstream.

Researcher took from 1966 sci-fi flick, Fantastic Voyage concept and turn it into a reality.
The micro-motor would carry tiny cameras and sensor equipment and could access parts of the body, like a stroke-damaged artery in the brain, that are beyond the reach of catheters.

So anyone would like a microbot with 1295 rpm swimming up your bloodstream?

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