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Hong Kong Dentist Crafts Robotic Tools To Explore Egyptian Pyramids

Posted by timothy on from the ya-gotta-have-a-hobby dept.

asavin writes "Ng Tze-chuen, a 59-year-old dentist, is teaming up with Egypt's former antiquities minister to explore the Pyramids of Giza. To do this, he's invented a tiny insect-sized robot with dental forcep-inspired grips on the top. This will be used to travel between the cracks on two mysterious doors blocking a tomb."

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  1. Re:Frugal Innovation by K.+S.+Kyosuke · · Score: 3, Funny

    Bravo to the Hong Kong dentist and to all the inventors out there !

    Well, I think he's a little bit too long in the tooth to be cutting his teeth on doing archeology, but hey, you never know.

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    Ezekiel 23:20