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Living Robots Built Using Frog Cells - Xerotic - Jan 17, 2020
I found this article the other night and found it really interesting: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/01/200113175653.htm
University of Vermont Wrote:Scientists repurposed living frog cells -- and assembled them into entirely new life-forms. These tiny 'xenobots' can move toward a target and heal themselves after being cut. These novel living machines are neither a traditional robot nor a known species of animal. They're a new class of artifact: a living, programmable organism.
Check out the full page. I find stuff like this fascinating. We as humans continuously push the boundaries of science and nature to come up with extraordinary achievements such as this.
Essentially these creatures are programmable living tissue. While the scientists in this experiment sourced their living cells from frogs I would assume that other organisms can be used for the base cells. These "xenobots" are said to be about a millimeter wide and have a some cool abilities such as moving towards a target, pick up a payload, and heal themselves after being cut. A potential use case for these new creatures could be to travel through arteries scraping out plaque or very specified medicine delivery. While these creatures are composed of living tissue they were designed prior in a supercomputer and are indeed programmable.
We are slowly erasing the line between humans and machines. Thoughts?
RE: Living Robots Built Using Frog Cells - JustDevyThing - Jan 17, 2020
I hope one day they make women robots this way
RE: Living Robots Built Using Frog Cells - Herbert - Jan 17, 2020
Interesting but scary at the same time, every new discovery or invention could pose a threat
by way of things being overlooked, or power in the wrong hands.
RE: Living Robots Built Using Frog Cells - Yin Yang - Jan 17, 2020
Some of the worst things imaginable have been done with the 'best intentions.'
RE: Living Robots Built Using Frog Cells - JustDevyThing - Jan 17, 2020
(Jan 17, 2020 02:02 PM)Herbert Wrote: Interesting but scary at the same time, every new discovery or invention could pose a threat
by way of things being overlooked, or power in the wrong hands.
haha well ye i guess.. science is so sick man.. and the best things that will be made.. only rich people will have access to it
RE: Living Robots Built Using Frog Cells - Nate - Jan 17, 2020
Comon Xerotic Wrong forum smh
Yes this is very unethical, if they can do this with frog cells whats stopping them to do it humans, for a T-1000
RE: Living Robots Built Using Frog Cells - Vеrt - Jan 17, 2020
I wonder which person said "Let's try a frog" That must be wild. It's cool, but is that not scary?
RE: Living Robots Built Using Frog Cells - Dr. Einyel - Jan 17, 2020
(Jan 17, 2020 03:15 PM)Vеrt Wrote: I wonder which person said "Let's try a frog" That must be wild. It's cool, but is that not scary?
Same. I don't like frogs but at the same time it's an interesting choice.
RE: Living Robots Built Using Frog Cells - MavenGradle - Jan 17, 2020
Pretty interesting how science is evolving. Here's a video showing essentially the same thing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_Vg7-23PAQ
Regardless, if these 'bots' can be used to clean plaque from veins and deliver drugs to the most critical of places, imagine all the lives they could save.
RE: Living Robots Built Using Frog Cells - Zee - Jan 17, 2020
Fascinating, this sort of technology will definitely shape the future.
RE: Living Robots Built Using Frog Cells - Crimin4L - Jan 17, 2020
I actually seen this on Instagram on a page I follow a couple days ago (@freedom_faction)
RE: Living Robots Built Using Frog Cells - Django - Jan 18, 2020
(Jan 17, 2020 01:59 PM)JustDevyThing Wrote: I hope one day they make women robots this way
I don't think a sex doll would be interested in spending the night with you.
OT: That's insane! I always wonder how they figure stuff like that! Oh yeah, let's just take this lil frog here and cut the bastard up and boom, lil robots. Absolutely mad.
RE: Living Robots Built Using Frog Cells - Slim - Jan 18, 2020
(Jan 17, 2020 01:59 PM)JustDevyThing Wrote: I hope one day they make women robots this way
Maybe one day you’ll get a life and look back at your trolling as the cry for help that it always has been.
RE: Living Robots Built Using Frog Cells - Nachfolger - Jan 18, 2020
I wonder if some of the members in the coding section are robots built using living frog cells.
RE: Living Robots Built Using Frog Cells - JustDevyThing - Jan 18, 2020
(Jan 18, 2020 11:31 AM)Slim Wrote: Maybe one day you’ll get a life and look back at your trolling as the cry for help that it always has been.
i dont cry for help ?? what kind of help you mean anyway?