Sperm Could Power Nanobots 259
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."
Think of the possibilities... (Score:5, Funny)
That's great an all... (Score:5, Funny)
In that case (Score:5, Funny)
Close the door! (Score:5, Funny)
Leave me alone, I'm trying to save sick children in Africa!
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(Yes, I know they wouldn't be using actual sperm, merely copying it. But it's still a funny mental image.)
Obligatory... (Score:3, Funny)
Robotic structure wrapped in living sperm. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:That's great an all... (Score:5, Funny)
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That's the ticket! (Score:1, Funny)
Sure, that's what they are doing.
Masturbot (Score:5, Funny)
A bugfix to y'all slashdotters (Score:5, Funny)
Sperm as an energy source won't work (Score:5, Funny)
Re:That's great an all... (Score:3, Funny)
Come again? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:That's great an all... (Score:5, Funny)
Funny... (Score:5, Funny)
Peanut Butter Cups (Score:2, Funny)
Scientist B: You got your nanobot in my sperm!
Re:Masturbot (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Sperm life? (Score:4, Funny)
Already exists... (Score:5, Funny)
Ahem... or so I'm told.
Re:Funny... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Sperm life? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:That's great an all... (Score:5, Funny)
Nick discovers that I didn't order the DVD and don't even own a PAL compatible DVD player. Greg comments on the eclectic but basically porn-free movie collection. "Lots of anime, sci-fi, and fantasy, but no pr0n, unless Ghost in the Shell is pr0n." Greg then tells an unrelated story about being severely embarassed. Nick speculates on the incidence of murder by pr0n and Greg goes off on another Las Vegas underworld history lesson.
Later, Hodges, in another fit of self-importance, concludes: "He died of embarassment." Gil looks at him with that signature "Thank you, Hodges, for telling me what we already knew" look on his face and then, in voice over: "Go away Hodges, and don't come back, ever. I want Lab Greg back, even if it means having to deal with two Gregs"
Re:That's great an all... (Score:5, Funny)
The good news (Score:5, Funny)
The bad news is you're pregnant.
Re:Close the door! (Score:3, Funny)
I am pretty conflicted on whether to laud or loathe you for thinking of the children.
Move 7 inches in an hour? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:In that case (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Think of the possibilities... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:That's great an all... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Funny... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Move 7 inches in an hour? (Score:4, Funny)
how to convince your GF to swallow (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Sperm life? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:In that case (Score:3, Funny)
Re:A bugfix to y'all slashdotters (Score:2, Funny)
+d) Profit !
Re:Sperm life? (Score:4, Funny)
Pregnancy is surprisingly difficult.
Nah, you just have to have the right environment. Based on years of intensive research into the matter and the work of the major scholars in this area - Maury Povich and Jerry Springer - the right environment is a trailer park.
Re:That's great an all... (Score:3, Funny)
I'll do my part. (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Think of the possibilities... (Score:1, Funny)
Skip that crap -- where do I sign up to be the Chief Injector in the Department of Women's Preventative Healthcare?
Probable Conversation .... (Score:4, Funny)
Mother (yelling down basement stairs): "What are you doing down there?"
Slashdotter: "Recharging the robots!"