.........CH3 ..........| CH3-S-C-CH3 ..........| .........CH3 Meet butyl methyl sulphide - the smallest motor. Researchers were able to make this thing spin about its sulpher atom using an electric current. Holy crap! This means a lot of great things for the field of medicine. Full article: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14763223
Interesting. A drug delivery system? What, are they going to build a mini atomic box with a mini atomic siphon to suction the medication out of it with? No, I don't think so. The quantities would have to be massive, magnetic and unable to interfere with the operation of many different biological processes. I expect the outcomes will have new, previously unheard of ideas that stem from it instead.
More like build tiny robots that can navigate the circulatory system and deliver certain compounds to targeted cells. Tiny cameras that can aid in diagnosis. Tiny weapons that can destroy cancer cells. Use your imagination. Well yeah, technology begets technology so it will be used for many other things I'm sure.
hehe. I like the tiny weapons part. I can just see little guys with machine guns flying around through blood veins while riding little propeller powered molecule cars
Problem is: thats small enough for the bodies defenses to pick them off. And with that I just a vision like Enigma, but with freakin Osmosis Jones.
How small is this? Find out! http://primaxstudio.com/stuff/scale_of_universe/ So we can have motors attached to carbon nanotubes? That's pretty awesome.
Coincidentally, I discovered that last week and was pretty amazed. I also recommend the Powers of Ten video: Watch the entire thing to be blown away.