All Entries Tagged With: "machines"
Bacteria turn tiny gears
Swarms of bacteria turn two 380-micron long gears, opening the possibility of building hybrid biological machines at the microscopic scale. Read more at Wired: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/12/bacterial-micro-machine/#more-15684 or Scientific American: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=brownian-motion-bacteria Courtesy Igor Aronson. Duration : 0:0:21
Micro machines – CNN Science & Technology Week, Sept. 20, 1992
Micro machines segment on CNN's Science & Technology Week, recorded September 20, 1992 OF COURSE, the Department of Defense sees applications. … Duration : 0:3:26
MEMS Dust – No Batteries Required
MEMS, the nanotechnology which is currently taking the world by storm, has been the focus of Ritsumeikan University for a while. They have developed a SNA-MEMS, using RFID systems, which doesn’t require batteries or wires and is packed out with a wide variety of tools. “Inside this MEMS we’re going to integrate all elements of [...]