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Scientists create first ‘living robots’ in major breakthrough
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Scientists create first ‘living robots’ in major breakthrough
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style...82251.html

Quote:Scientists have created what they claim are the first ”living robots“: entirely new life-forms created out of living cells.

A team of researchers have taken cells from frog embryos and turned them into a machine that can be programmed to work as they wish.
It is the first time that humanity has been able to create “completely biological machines from the ground up”, the team behind the discovery write in a new paper.

That could allow them to dispatch the tiny “xenobots” to transport medicine around a patient’s body or clean up pollution from the oceans, for instance. They can also heal themselves if they are damaged, the scientists say.


Huh? Wasn't expecting these so soon. Also, couldn't these potentially lead to a form of immortality? Also grey goo, obviously. But they can't replicate yet, so...
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Scientists create first ‘living robots’ in major breakthrough - by GenesisNemesis - 01-14-2020, 11:56 PM



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