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lumberjack
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 Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2003 7:35 am Post subject: Smart dust paves way for micro-machines? |
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The following news item may be of interest ...
Smart dust paves way for micro-robots
Tiny crystals of 'smart dust' developed by U.S. scientists may be a
first step to making micro-machines that can detect biological and
chemical agents, or disease-causing microbes.
http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/stories/s932116.htm |
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Uncle Al
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| Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2003 8:19 pm Post subject: Re: Smart dust paves way for micro-machines? |
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lumberjack wrote:
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The following news item may be of interest ...
Smart dust paves way for micro-robots
Tiny crystals of 'smart dust' developed by U.S. scientists may be a
first step to making micro-machines that can detect biological and
chemical agents, or disease-causing microbes.
http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/stories/s932116.htm
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George Whitesides has done and published extensive research on systems
rendered self-ordering by relative surface energies vs a medium or
interface of media. He has spontaneously assembled macroscopic
flawless LED arrays including their wiring by diddling with
surface-derivatized GaAs particles. He can build pre-determined
architecture by shaking. He doesn>t amke any claims about "robots"
because there aren>t any to be claimed.
What you have referenced is nothing more than parlour tricks. It>s a
two-hour undergrad lab experiment.
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PSmith9626
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| Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2003 3:02 pm Post subject: Re: Smart dust paves way for micro-machines? |
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Dear al,
A better article is the cover article of the latest issue of "New Scientist".
best
penny
It might be at their website.
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