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Alex Adamov @Ysqander - A massive leap for microrobotics just dropped.
Penn and Michigan researchers have created the world's smallest programmable, self-moving robot.
The Scale:
Dimensions: ~200 x 300 x 50 micrometers.
It is smaller than a grain of salt and roughly the size of a single-celled organism (a Paramecium).
The "Brain" and Sensors:
Unlike past "nanobots" that were just passive particles moved by magnets, these are true machines.
Micro-Computer:
It carries its own processor and memory to store and execute code.
Environment Sensing:
It can detect variables like temperature and change its behavior based on what it "feels."
The Power
Requirement: It runs on just 75 nanowatts (one-billionth of a watt).
Source: It is light-powered via tiny on-board solar cells.
The Engine (No Moving Parts)
At this scale, water is as thick as honey. Traditional propellers are useless.
Mechanism:
It uses Electric Particle Drive (Electrokinetic Propulsion). It creates an electric field to push charged particles in the water, creating a jet that moves the bot.
Speed: It travels at 1 body length per second (~200 micrometers/sec).
The Economics
Manufacturing: Built using the same standard methods used to make phone chips.
Cost: Mass-producible at roughly $0.01 per robot.
(Credit: University of Pennsylvania)
https://x.com/Ysqander/status/2001523831798927630
All The Right Movies @ATRightMovies - A wonderful promo shot from DIE HARD (1988).
https://x.com/ATRightMovies/status/2001566603419209867
All day Astronomy @forallcurious - BREAKING NEWS: Interstellar object 3I/ATLAS has started to show X-ray emissions as it gets closer to Earth
https://x.com/forallcurious/status/2001459515955511337
Amazing Maps @amazingmap - The reach of the Persian language in the 17th century
https://x.com/amazingmap/status/2001376341695041890
American AF @iAnonPatriot - Tucker Carlson says President Trump is going to announce that a war is coming tonight..
https://x.com/iAnonPatriot/status/2001471827273752670
Andrew Follett @AndrewCFollett - Remember that time when a bunch of future Civil War generals got so drunk on Eggnog they almost burnt down West Point?
https://x.com/AndrewCFollett/status/2001312116431630670
Andrew Follett @AndrewCFollett - Secretary of State Marco Rubio was seen pacing back and forth in the Oval Office as he awaited President Trump's return.
https://x.com/PenguinSix/status/2001410366102725025
Andrew Leyden @PenguinSix - The White House anti-aircraft battery was pointed toward the Capitol this afternoon but eventually moved back to its normal position.Andrew Leyden
@PenguinSix
https://x.com/PenguinSix/status/2001473822902428061
Anti Woke Memes @AntiWokeMemes - Video: Describe CongressMAN Sarah McBride using ONE word.
https://x.com/AntiWokeMemes/status/2000914054899232938
Apeš¯•¸ @CubanOnlyTrump - Video: Thank you President Trump
#PresidentialAddress
https://x.com/CubanOnlyTrump/status/2001489576158757132
Apeš¯•¸ @CubanOnlyTrump - Me enjoy watching the left melt down on X during the #PresidentialAddress
https://x.com/CubanOnlyTrump/status/2001484280296538296
AAGHarmeetDhillon @AAGDhillon - My challenge coin, on a new cashmere hat. This is the strait-laced version; there is also a cheekier one.
https://x.com/AAGDhillon/status/2001034226292969894
Asher Genoot @ashergenoot - Proud to announce @Hut8Corp's first data center deal
Thankful for @fluidstack and for @Google providing a financial backstop covering obligations for the 15 year base lease term, which covers the lease payments and related pass-through obligations
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/hut-8-signs-15-year-245-mw-ai-data-center-lease-at-river-bend-campus-with-total-contract-value-of-7-0-billion-302644600.html
https://x.com/ashergenoot/status/2001254206565695511
Asher Genoot @ashergenoot - (1/17)
https://x.com/ashergenoot/status/2001255653432811647
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