nanobots

For example, have devices called the nanobots that can actually perform functions inside our bloodstream, augment our immune systems, destroy pathogens in cancer cells.

CNN Transcript Apr 20, 2005 2005

For example, have devices called the nanobots that can actually perform functions inside our bloodstream, augment our immune system, destroy pathogens and cancer cells, enhance our red blood cells, for example, so that we can breathe better.

CNN Transcript Dec 30, 2005 2005

It was made up of a swarm of microscopic robots - so-called nanobots - that could change its function and shape at will.

A tiny robot swarm 2005

For example, have devices called the nanobots that can actually perform functions inside our bloodstream, augment our immune system, destroy pathogens and cancer cells, enhance our red blood cells, for example, so that we can breathe better.

CNN Transcript Nov 24, 2005 2005

KURZWEIL: I expect and hope to be in good shape when we have these powerful new techniques from biotechnology 10, 15 years from now; for example, have devices called the nanobots that can actually perform functions inside our bloodstream, augment our immune system, destroy pathogens in cancer cells, enhance our red blood cells, for example, so that we can breathe better.

CNN Transcript Apr 25, 2005 2005

KURZWEIL: I expect and hope to be in good shape when we have these powerful new techniques from biotechnology 10 or 15 years from now, for example, have devices called the nanobots that can actually perform functions inside our blood stream -- augment our immune system, destroy pathogens and cancer cells, enhance our red blood cells, for example, so that we can breathe better.

CNN Transcript Jul 26, 2005 2005

The best part is that these so-called nanobots may soon have the ability to self assemble into larger, fully functioning robots.

Planet Atheism 2008

NIST's goal in coordinating competitions between the world's smallest robots-known as nanobots (nanoscale robots) - is to show the feasibility and accessibility of technologies for fabricating MicroElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS), tiny mechanical devices built onto semiconductor chips and measured in micrometers (millionth of a meter).

Impact Lab 2008

In the first episode of "Dean of Invention" (at 10), Kamen explores the world of "nanobots," a medical technology in which tiny robots enter the bloodstream and kill cancerous cells.

TV HIGHLIGHTS Post 2010

By 2045, Kurzweil estimates, we will use computers to enhance our intelligence, and "nanobots" — microscopic machines — to roam our bloodstream, stomping out diseases before they can spread.

I, Robot 2009