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Tuesday, January 18, 2005
9:00:00 AM EST
Hearing Enjoy the Silence -- Depeche Mode

Robot Overlords? On Schedule!

This is fascinating yet creepy all at once:

Rat cells grown onto microscopic silicon chips worked as tiny robots, perhaps a first step towards a self-assembling device, researchers working in the United States reported on Sunday.

They described a new method for attaching living cells to silicon chips. They then got the combined entities to move like tiny, primitive legs.

Mmmmm... Borg-licious!

Of course, the first questions is: "Uh... why?" To which probably the best answer is, "Dunno. Curious, I guess." This will undoubtedly have some sort of application one day, but for now, it's just a bunch of scientists trying to figure out what they can do with stuff. Like I said: Interesting and creepy.

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#1 Comment from mutualaide
1/18/05 9:47 AM | Permalink

Interesting and creepy. Now I'm thinking, "people get paid to do this? Sign me up!"