FUTURISTIC MAGAZINE'S UPDATE OF FUTURE TECHNOLOGY:
November 2011
Learning from Bacteria to Build Nano Communication Networks
A Georgia Tech team has received a $3 million grant to explore how bacteria interact on a molecular level to form networks. The research may one day guide the design of nanodevices able to communicate with one another and accomplish tasks at the nanolevel of one billionth of a meter in size, which could lead to future breakthroughs in nanorobotics.
“The nanoscale machines could potentially be injected into the blood, circulating in the body to detect viruses, bacteria, and tumors,” says researcher Ian Akyildiz. “All these illnesses — cancer, diabetes, Alzheimer’s, asthma, whatever you can think of — they will be history over the years. And that’s just one application.”
Source: Georgia Tech
November 2011
Learning from Bacteria to Build Nano Communication Networks
A Georgia Tech team has received a $3 million grant to explore how bacteria interact on a molecular level to form networks. The research may one day guide the design of nanodevices able to communicate with one another and accomplish tasks at the nanolevel of one billionth of a meter in size, which could lead to future breakthroughs in nanorobotics.
“The nanoscale machines could potentially be injected into the blood, circulating in the body to detect viruses, bacteria, and tumors,” says researcher Ian Akyildiz. “All these illnesses — cancer, diabetes, Alzheimer’s, asthma, whatever you can think of — they will be history over the years. And that’s just one application.”
Source: Georgia Tech
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