Tuesday, June 26, 2007

The dream of robotic science

As time passes, the size of the microchip becomes more and more miniature. Now, they are talking about creating robotic insects. Perhaps, a more exciting field will see the fusion of nanotechnology with robotic technology, where we create robotic micro-organisms. Imagine a robotic immune cell that is intelligent enough to sniff out cancer cells, virus-infected cells and other pathogen and then get rid of them. Alternatively, we can have a robotic friendly "micro-organism" that targets a tumour mass and gets rid of it. Pretty exciting for the field of medical robotics huh? Okay back to work. I have fantasized enough.

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