Health & Medicine
Microscopic Robots Swim Through Eyeball Fluids
Kathleen Lees
First Posted: Nov 10, 2014 12:43 AM EST
Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Germany are always busy working on the latest gadgets. Of course, they've worked to develop microscopic robots that can actually swim through body fluids and repair damaged cells, delivering medicine. Yet now, their most recent project involves a similar idea, but for the eyeballs.
For their research, the study authors fashioned robotic scallops that are so tiny that they can abarely be seen by the naked eye. As the micro-scallops don't require battery power to propel them towards their target, researchers hope that in the future, this new device could be used as a reference design for others to use as they work on medical gadgets.
We'll just have to wait and "see," for now.
More information regarding the findings can be seen via the journal Nature.
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First Posted: Nov 10, 2014 12:43 AM EST
Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Germany are always busy working on the latest gadgets. Of course, they've worked to develop microscopic robots that can actually swim through body fluids and repair damaged cells, delivering medicine. Yet now, their most recent project involves a similar idea, but for the eyeballs.
For their research, the study authors fashioned robotic scallops that are so tiny that they can abarely be seen by the naked eye. As the micro-scallops don't require battery power to propel them towards their target, researchers hope that in the future, this new device could be used as a reference design for others to use as they work on medical gadgets.
We'll just have to wait and "see," for now.
More information regarding the findings can be seen via the journal Nature.
See Now: NASA's Juno Spacecraft's Rendezvous With Jupiter's Mammoth Cyclone