Our Bodies, Our Technologies

Ray Kurzweil

03/16/2006
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In the 2020s, we'll see the "killer
app" of nanotechnology -- nanobots,
blood-cell-sized devices that can go
inside the body and brain to perform
therapeutic functions. But what
happens when we have billions of
nanobots inside the capillaries of
our brains, non-invasively, widely
distributed, expanding human
intelligence, or providing
full-immersion virtual reality?

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Methanol-powered artificial muscles
start to flex

NewScientist.com news service Mar. 16, 2006
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Methanol-powered artificial muscles
have been created by researchers
aiming to create battery-free
robotic limbs and prosthetics. The
first type of muscle is made from a
nickel-titanium shape-memory wire
coated in a platinum catalyst. The
team's second artificial muscle is
made from sheets of carbon
nanotubes, coated in a catalyst....

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