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Friday, 30 May 2025

The Nanites Are Here!

In the TV Show - Stargate Atlantis, one of the chief antagonists ....

Stargate Atlantis
Stargate Atlantis

.... are created from nanites to form a race of Replicator beings, machine like, cold and filled with hate for the Atlanteans (you need to watch the show to understand)

Basic Replicator Shape - Nanites Bond Together
Basic Replicator Shape - Nanites Bond Together
 
Now, although I enjoyed the show (at least twice, as it was repeated almost back to back on Skymix), I am not an uber fan, and I don't think about the show much. But a story in the UK press in December 2024 made me think.

It was stated that researchers in South Korea, had developed tiny robots, small enough to enter a human body. They could be manipulated by magnetic fields to swarm and work together to achieve common tasks like a colony of ants. They could be used to perform medical features in the near future.

Professor of nano engineering at Seoul's Hanyang University, Jeong Jae Wie, said that the swarms are 'highly adaptable' and further research will focus on 'real world applications.'

Replicator Practising A Minimally Intrusive Invasive Treatment In Human Body
Replicator Practising A Minimally Intrusive
Invasive Treatment In Human Body.

The exact description was that the magnetic automatons combine in insect like armies to achieve 'Herculean' feats. They are guided by a magnetic field and can operate in challenging environment and its hoped that in the future could offer minimally intrusive invasive treatments in human bodies.

Hmm .... the terminator/replicator world is still the dream.

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