Tag Archives: Robots
Nano Technology
The University of Minnesota and Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in Israel have invented a way to construct a bonding agent that would aid the nano robots to form the basic joints and build themselves. They say that the key is using molecules that frustrate each other. These polymer components create a three armed start which is similar to the ideas presented in the discussion board articles. The end resulting “worm” ranges from 12-20 nanometers in length and will be ready for drug-delivery implementation in two to five years. This article covers another great prospect of nano technology. By injecting these worms into a human body they could more specifically attack individual cancers and diseases were we don’t have the tools to do this manually.
Molecules from nano containers, Nov. 5th 2005? http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/04/11/rnb_110504.asp?p=1
RFID (Radio Frequency Identification)
By keeping a disorganized warehouse, home, or office, it would make RFID technology more efficiently. The area that you wish to equip with this technology would be networked by a computer. The computer would keep tabs on the locations of every item forming basically a network. According to Kevin Ashton, a totally unorganized area would make the probability of any given item closer to the user. This system equipped with a robot, could make locating and retrieving items in the area faster and more reliable. Nothing would be lost. The ideas surrounding this are so different, they may even change the norms of our society. The author states that with unorganized home spaces, children may spite their parents be cleaning their rooms rather than messing them up. Thinking needs to change in our culture to adopt some of these stranger ideas, but after its all completed I think the outcome will be positive.
RFID: Robot for infinite decluttering? By Kevin Maney http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/technology/maney/2004-10-05-maney_x.htm
