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Will nanotechnology soon allow you to ‘swallow the doctor’? | CNN
At ETH Zurich, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, mechanical engineer Brad Nelson and his team have worked on nanobots for a decade, and are now ready to think big: “We’re making microscopic robots that are guided by externally generated magnetic fields for use in the human body.”
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tags: Brad Nelson, Nano, Swarming, Switzerland
Hallie Siegel
robotics editor-at-large
Hallie Siegel
robotics editor-at-large
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