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Comment Hunt for Osama - OSS/Google mashup (Score 1) 127

by pmike_bauer on Monday January 07, 2008 @05:14PM (#21946690) Attached to: Using Google Earth to Find Ancient Cities

Next on Google Eearth...
Find Osama!

Taking a page from OSS philosophy, "with many eyeballs, all hiding places become shallow"

Sperm Could Power Nanobots 259

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Wednesday January 02, 2008 @03:26PM from the make-sure-you-pick-the-best-swimmers dept.

Lucas123 writes "According to MSNBC, scientists are experimenting with using a sperm's flagellum to overcome the problem of supplying energy to nanobots that could be implanted in the body as smart probes that would release disease-fighting drugs, monitor enzymes and perform other medical roles within a patient's body. Powered by a compound called adenosine triphosphate or ATP, a sperm's flagellum can propel it at about 7 inches an hour. Energy from ATP could also power the pumps charged with dispensing the medication at a certain rate from the nanobots."

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