Amazing nanoproducts
Nanobots
This "biological cell rover" a few microns in size could become a practical application of nanotechnology one day. - Length: 15" Forrest Bishop
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This nanostructured system, which could travel around in the human body carrying out whatever medical tasks it has been programmed for (targeted drug release, seeking out cells to be destroyed, intracellular repair, transfer of substances, etc.) is currently in development. It would have an internal frame of keratin and calcium carbonate. Its surface would be made up of a double layer of lipids to enable the integration of various molecules. Several types of propulsion would be possible, including the use of bacterial flagella or mechanochemical energy drawn from natural in vivo resources.
