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May 30th, 2010Bacteria Build A Tiny Pyramid
March 25th, 2010Led by Professor Sylvain Martel, the researchers at the NanoRobotics Laboratory of the École Polytechnique de Montréal, Canada, want to use flagellated bacteria to carry drugs into tumors, act as sensing agents for detecting pathogens, and operate micro-factories that could perform pharmacological and genetic tests.
The video below shows some 5000 bacteria moving like a swarm of little fish, working together to transport tiny epoxy bricks and assemble a pyramidal structure – all in 15 minutes. The video was presented at IROS last year, along with a a paper titled, “A Robotic Micro-Assembly Process Inspired By the Construction of the Ancient Pyramids and Relying on Several Thousands of Flagellated Bacteria Acting as Workers.”
Martel’s bacteria has done some other cool stuff as well, such as traveling through the bloodstreams of rats, steered by an MRI system, reminiscent of “The Fantastic Voyage.”
Source: IEEE
Video:
A robotic micro-assembly process relies on several thousand flagellated bacteria acting as micro-workers to build a pyramidal structure. Work presented at IROS ‘09 by Sylvain Martel and Mahmood Mohammadi from the NanoRobotics Laboratory, École Polytechnique de Montréal, Canada. For more robot news, visit IEEE
Video: Nintendo 3DS
March 25th, 2010Nintendo’s true nextgen handheld is called the Nintendo 3DS, a true 3D handheld system that doesn’t use 3D glasses!
Power Tool Drag Races
March 25th, 2010Here’s a cool way to spend some time bonding with your Bosch SDS drill. Strip it down, power it up, and drag race it at full speed using circular saw.
Phone Porn: Sprint HTC Evo 4G WiMax Android
March 25th, 2010Having the distinction of being the world’s first 3G/4G mobile platform built to run on Sprint’s Clearwire-operated WiMAX (4G) network, the HTC Evo 4G – aka Supersonic – is commanding attention.
Supersonic will be running Google’s Android operating system, is powered by a 1GHz processor, and is being described as “the fastest device, on the fastest network” capable of offering users “a genuinely unique experience that’s only possible with Sprint.” Did we mention it looks great, too?
Just some of its features include Android 2.1 OS, 4.3″ display, WiMax, 8MP camera, HD video capture, and more. Check out the hands on video from Phonedog.com