The BBC I.T. programme "Click" often contains interesting stories, and I was intreagueed by the one I downloaded this week (see http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/click_online/7563594.stm) which featured an interview with IBM researchers in Switzerland. The IBM guys argued that in 15 years time we would all be using not microchips but nanotechnology. This takes up less space (obviously) and less energy: the nano structures run using electromagnetic fields for fuel. The tiny chips can be incorporated into tiny robots which travel in liquid using a coiled tail (they looked like sperm but the BBC were too polite to point this out. )
It is hoped that these nano structures can be put in syringes and injected into the bodily fluids of humans so that they can travel around like tiny submarines and repair damage. It sounded exactly like that old sci-fi film "Inner space" except they cannot yet shrink humans to travel aboard. See http://researchweb.watson.ibm.com/pics/nanotech/
It is hoped that these nano structures can be put in syringes and injected into the bodily fluids of humans so that they can travel around like tiny submarines and repair damage. It sounded exactly like that old sci-fi film "Inner space" except they cannot yet shrink humans to travel aboard. See http://researchweb.watson.ibm.com/pics/nanotech/
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