Posted on 05/25/2014 11:23:26 AM PDT by equalator
Inspired by fictional cyborgs like Terminator, a team of researchers at the University of Michigan and the University of Pittsburgh has made the first bionic particles from semiconductors and proteins. "These design principles can be used to guide future designs for other bionic systems, starting from the primary building blocks of biological organisms and inorganic machines," Kotov said. "It is very possible that Terminator of the future would need to be constructed starting from such building blocks."
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Some engineers mist over during that scene.
Because the world needs an indestructable, self-healing killer robot! lol
> Inspired by fictional cyborgs like Terminator, a team of researchers at the University of Michigan and the University of Pittsburgh has made the first bionic particles from semiconductors and proteins. “These design principles can be used to guide future designs for other bionic systems, starting from the primary building blocks of biological organisms and inorganic machines,” Kotov said. “It is very possible that Terminator of the future would need to be constructed starting from such building blocks.”
You will be assimilated. Thanks equalator.
“It is very possible that Terminator of the future would need to be constructed starting from such building blocks.”
I just can’t tell you how warm and comforted that makes me feel.
Swell. How can we lose?
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