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  • Chiang Mai University involved in tiny nanobot's human voyage

    10/24/2006 8:14:41 PM PDT · by annie laurie · 18 replies · 716+ views
    The Nation ^ | October 24, 2006 | Arthit Khwankhom
    A Chiang Mai University team has developed a motor so small it will power a microscopic robot on an expedition through human blood vessels.Boffins at the university's science faculty describe their invention as a "nanomotor". It will drive a medical robot about the size of a blood cell on a tour of the maze of human veins and capillaries.A "nanobot" - or nanotechnology robot - developed at Kent State University in Ohio, United States will be powered by a motor made of an extremely fine and pure ceramic created at Chiang Mai University. In addition to powering the nanobot, the...