Nanobots & Nanorobotics
Nanorobotics is the technology of creating machines or robots at or close to the microscopic scale of a nanometres (10-9 metres). More specifically, nanorobotics refers to the still largely hypothetical nanotechnology engineering discipline of designing and building nanorobots. Nanorobots (nanobots, nanoids or nanites) would be typically devices ranging in size from 0.1-10 micrometers and constructed of nanoscale or molecular components. As no artificial non-biological nanorobots have so far been created, they remain a hypothetical concept at this time.
The Tech Lab: John Pethica
Dr John Pethica, chief scientific advisor at the UK's National Physical Laboratory, on will happen as work on nanotech progresses..
5 days ago
Video searching uses people power
Bill Thompson thinks a project on a UK website could help make video searching a lot simpler.
Jun 3, 2008
Sporting nanobot to inspire kids
A tiny football-playing robot has been developed to spark young people's interest in nanotechnology.
May 13, 2008
Chemical brain controls nanobots
A tiny chemical brain which could one day act as a remote control for swarms of nano-machines is demonstrated.
Mar 11, 2008
Machines 'to match man by 2029'
Machines will achieve human level artificial intelligence by 2029, a leading US inventor predicts.
Feb 16, 2008
Welcoming Homer the tree-hugger
The environmental movement is now open to anyone, even Michael Crichton, a Simpsons writer argues.
Aug 3, 2006
It's an always-on, demanding world
The shape of Broadband Britain will be decided by the broadband Britons, says technology commentator Bill Thompson.
Jul 22, 2005
Record entries for science prize
The science books competing for this year's Aventis Prize all share a "compelling standard of writing", say the judges.
May 10, 2004
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