Re: [ACEsthetics] microgripper biopsy

Thank dog Michael Chrichton is dead, or  it would be in theatres within 6 months.

On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 4:14 AM, William Domb <wmdomb@verizon.net> wrote:

Oh, no.   Even better, some sicko gets control of the software.  We wait until the buggers are pervasive.  THEN  we turn 'em on chomping.

 

The signal will come out during finals of some Dance program on TV.

 

Or microwave towers for cell phones.

 

Name of the film: MUNCH.

 

bill domb

 

From: Steve Hendry

Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 5:31 PM

To: William Domb

Cc: gnr

Subject: Re: [ACEsthetics] microgripper biopsy

 

I'm trying to imagine what it would feel like to have a bunch of these puppys cruising through my GI tract snipping off souvenirs of their trip.  Only a matter of time before Hollywood gives us a "Saw" type movie where people get force fed handsful of little tissue munching bots.

 

Proababy better than twelve feet of roto-router up the butt, but still....

On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 6:10 PM, William Domb <wmdomb@verizon.net> wrote:

Swarms of tiny "microgrippers" used to perform biopsies

When procuring tissue samples for medical diagnosis, doctors have been confined to bulky and invasive forceps. But with recent successful experiments in pigs, we may see doctors switching from the single forceps to hordes of a thousand "microgrippers." These metal discs, each only 300 micrometers in size, are designed to snip bits of tissue when introduced en masse into the body and then be easily retrieved by a doctor. Their small size, added to the fact that they need no batteries, tethers or wires, belies their complexity and autonomy in function, which could allow the microgrippers to provide diagnoses earlier, more easily, and with less trauma.

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bill domb

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