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Tiny Robots Powered by Living Muscle Cells
voma writes "Tiny robots powered by living muscle have been created by scientists at the University of California, Los Angeles.
The devices were formed by "growing" rat cells on microscopic silicon chips, the researchers report in the journal Nature Materials.
Less than a millimetre long, the miniscule robots can move themselves without any external source of power. Muscles like these could be used in a host of microscopic devices - even to drive miniature electrical generators to power computer chips."
There's no external power source, because these things EAT OLD PEOPLES MEDICINE FOR FUEL!
I don't know why the scientists keep inventing them.
And when they grab you in their metal claws, you can't escape, because they're made of metal.
I don't need no instructions to know how to rock!!!!
...Planet of the Apes still a long way off...
Say that again after looking at Steve ballmer perform.
for a moment, while I feed my computer.
Gee, I initially read that as "these things EAT OLD PEOPLE FOR FUEL!" Now *that* would solve the Social Security problem...
Reject Fear - Embrace Hope
Now I need to worry about keeping my computer in shape as well as myself.
Self replicating bots that rebuild nerves/bones/muscle, or self replicating bots that tear apart nerves/bones/muscles, take your pick. Or maybe tiny bots that hunt down and convert evilbots into other good hunterbots. I dub this new "game" Biocorewars.
I Am My Own Worst Enemy
There's a lot of chemical energy stored in organic material
Right you are, Agent Smith.
*User presses power button* "Man I liked it better when they would just crash."
Dude, my tiny two legged microscopic robots can so kick your tiny two legged microscopic robots asses. ... if they had asses.
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It's the end of my comment as I know it and I feel fine.
They think we don't see it, but this is just another piece in the puzzle. Yes it's all begining to make sense.
The cybernetic rats are taking over. And they're pissed. Angered by the years of experiments, they have already taken over the scientists, and they are using them to take over all our technology. It's only a matter of time now...
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Do we really want to create a machine that feeds or operates on.. us? Time to revise the food chain.
They could make a whole RoboRat.
Once someone can network these things together then testing of Borg 0.1a can begin.
I don't know about you, but I'm looking forward to my assimilation, so long as Jeri Ryan is involved.
The 300 foot tall version will only have 60 seconds of power without a direct feed and must be powered by kids and have some plot that doesn't make sense and angers it's viewers on the last episode.
"I am the king of the Romans, and am superior to rules of grammar!"
-Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor (1368-1437)
Soylent Green is made of Robots! ... Robots!!
aaaaaaaarrrrrrrgggggg.....
---- How absolute the knave is! We must speak by the card, or equivocation will undo us. -Shakespeare
I would rather see giant robots powered by whale muscles.
Check out my overclocked PC! I've been feeding it steriods for the last week!
"Enjoy what you're doing! If it becomes drudgery, you're doing it wrong!" - Jim Butterfield
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Only in Korea.
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that will run on sunlight and water
Is there any part of the rat we dont use now?
Or how about more realistic Real Dolls?
Forget thrust, drag, lift and weight. Airplanes fly because of money.