Shape-shifting, organ-probing chembots coming soon
By Tim Stevens 
posted July 1st 2008 1:28PM
posted July 1st 2008 1:28PM
The current generation of robots, whether they're the gun-carrying or child-coddling variety, come in all sorts of shapes and sizes to suit their intended purpose. But if research going on at Tufts University comes to fruition, future robots might feature designs that are rather more flexible. Scientists at the school are working on so-called "chemical robots" with no solid parts. Chembots could squeeze under doors, slither through cracks in walls, and even squirm into your orifices, performing internal diagnoses before slowly dissolving away, leaving nothing more than a feeling of creepy violation behind. What about assuming the shape and voice of John Connor's adopted mother? We're hoping that's still a few years off.
so disturbing...soo full of potential for a really bad use... yeah sure it has a lot of potential to help in cases like the ones in China were people were trapped under buildings....dieing because they couldn't be reached...
... but really its just too creepy and violating a shape-shiffting robot probind you around...how exactly would it exam you? ...really? Needles?scanners? x-ray?
...............disturbing - shudder shudder
yeah..I do believe we need to start digging and building our own Zion...and wait for The One....or something.
Rise of the Silver Surfer???
Into our orifaces? I dont think I want a robotic seposatory (spelling I know) when I injest bad chinese... :P bleugh
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