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Search Tech-Forums - link takes you to our Forum's search page. Note: The following is only a text archive! To view the actual forum discussion, please visit our website at http://www.tech-forums.net Pages:1 Scientists Unveil 'clay' Robots (nanites)(Click here to view the original thread with full colors/images)Posted by: TheEnd187 INY robots that can turn into any shape - from a replica human to a banana to a mobile phone - are being developed by scientists in the United States. The new science of claytronics, which will use nanotechnology to create tiny robots called catoms, should enable three-dimensional copies of people to be "faxed" around the world for virtual meetings. A doctor could also consult with a patient over the phone, even taking their pulse by holding the wrist of the claytronic replica, reports New Scientist. And the nano "clay" could be carried around, shape-shifting into virtually anything when required. Your claytronic mobile phone could turn into a hammer for a spot of DIY and then a pair of shoes to go jogging. The creator, Dr Todd Mowry, director of Intel's research labs in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, said: "You could have a little lump of this stuff you carry around and it could be a million different things. It's like the world's ultimate Swiss army knife." His partner, Dr Seth Goldstein, of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, said: "It's absolutely going to work." Intel's robotics expert, Jason Campbell, added: "The more you look at it, the more likely it seems we will be able to manufacture these things. "I think there's a good chance we'll get to see it. Now whether that's five or 20 years, I don't know." However, progress been slow. So far, the group has been able to get four catoms - or claytronic atoms - to act together, but at more than 4cm in diameter, they are considerably larger than the nano-sized robots required to make the clay. But the problem of power supply has been solved. It has to be external, as the nanorobots would be too small to carry their own power pack. Dr Goldstein is now working on designs for catoms about the size of a marbles and expects to be able to achieve some interesting behaviour when hundreds of these are combined. "That'll be a huge step forward," he said [url]http://news.scotsman.com/scitech.cfm?id=632012005[/url] Posted by: Ste And So the Borg are created, I always wondered how that happened. :P Posted by: saltynay No not the borg more like the terminator in terminator 2. Matt Posted by: Apokalipse Replicators! [img]http://www.ghljj.com/stargate/race/replicators.jpg[/img] Posted by: bobojuice we're all going to die in 5 to 20 years. :D Posted by: Ste [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Apokalipse [/i] [B]Replicators! [img]http://www.ghljj.com/stargate/race/replicators.jpg[/img] [/B][/QUOTE] Ranking from worst to least worst. Replicators Borg Liquid Terminator :P Posted by: Apokalipse nah, have you seen the technology the Replicators steal? Posted by: TheEnd187 are replicators real??? dumb question lol Posted by: Apokalipse [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by TheEnd187 [/i] [B]are replicators real??? dumb question lol [/B][/QUOTE]you don't watch Stargate SG1, do you? Posted by: TheEnd187 no:( Posted by: saltynay The first season was quite good but by the 3rd one the story lines were boring saw it on the other day an its abysimal storyline is screwed up and the acting is poor at best but I use to watch it mainly for the big fight scenes. Replicators werent liquid they were just solid blocks stuck together and the borg couldnt transform the bodies into solid objects the only possible movie explantaion is either the nanowall in sci fi's or terminator 2 :D Matt vBulletin Copyright ©2000 - 2003, Jelsoft Enterprises Limited. PPC Management vB Easy Archive Final - Created by Xenon |