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A National Level Technical Symposium
PAPER PRESENTATION ON
T he N anoR obots
A Revolution in Biotechnology
Guided By:
Satyaprasad. A
Lecturer, Dept. of ECE, CIT, Gubbi.
Tumkur.
Presented By:
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CONTENTS
Page No.
1. Main Page
2. Contents
In Electronics
In Sports
In Telecommunication
In Biotechnological fields
Economic Impact
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Potential Danger
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9. Conclusion
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10. Bibliography
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SMART DUST:
Smartdust is a term used to describe groups of very small robots which may be
used for monitoring and detection. Currently, the scale of smartdust is rather small; with
single sensors the size of a deck of playing cards, but the hope is to eventually have robots
as small as a speck of dust. Individual sensors of smartdust are often referred to as motes
because of their small size. These devices are also known as MEMS, which stands for
microelectromechanical sensors.
Energy use is a major area of research in the field of smartdust. With devices so
small, batteries present a massive addition of weight. It is therefore important to use
absolutely minimal amounts of energy in communicating the data they collect to central
hubs where it can be accessed by humans.
Development of smartdust continues at a breakneck speed, and it will no doubt
soon be commonplace to have a vast army of thousands or millions of nearly invisible
sensors monitoring our environment to ensure our safety and the efficiency of the
machines around us.
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Using
nanoceramic material as the covering for batteries absorbs electromagnetic waves and
prolongs battery life.
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IN BIOTECHNOLOGICAL FIELD:
Many human illnesses and injuries have their origins in nanoscale processes.
Accordingly, application of nanotechnology to the practice of medicine and biomedical
research opens up new opportunities to treat illnesses, repair injuries, and enhance human
functioning beyond what is possible with macroscale techniques. At the nanoscale level,
the distinctions between mechanical and biological processes blur. Nanoparticles can
attach to certain cells or tissues and provide medical images of their location and structure.
Hollow nanocapsules with pharmaceutical contents can attach to cancer cells and release
their payloads into them maximizing targeted delivery and minimizing systemic side
effects. Nanomedibots may repair vital tissue damaged by injury or disease, or destroy
cancerous tissue that has gone away, without invasive surgery.
However, artificial
bone paste made with nanoceramic particles shows considerable promise for bone repair
and replacement, even in load-bearing applications.
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Applications of these sensors are seemingly without end. Every aspect of life one
examines opens up new avenues for smartdust. Smartdust (A group of very small robots)
may eventually be used to monitor traffic and better direct it, to accompany soldiers and
alert them to any poisons or dangerous biological substances in the air, to follow people
around and track their activities, to track defects in products as they come off of an
assembly line, and even to enter human bodies and check for physiological problems.
Blood Stream
Nano Robots
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While the body has built-in defenses for natural particles it encounters, the danger of
nanotechnology is that it is introducing entirely new type of particles. So the body can take
some time to adjust with it.
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POTENTIAL DANGERS:
If potential benefits of molecular nanotechnology (MNT) sound too good to be
true, there is one caveat - the potential dangers of molecular nanotechnology. When
nanofactories can arrange atoms into structures - playing with the building blocks of life
itself, or in this case nanoblocks -- theoretically anything allowable by the laws of physics
can be created fast and cheap. Requirements include a few square feet for the nanofactory,
the software, and an electrical outlet.
Criminals, terrorists, disturbed individuals, governments, and antisocial groups of
all stripes would be incredibly empowered by such technology. Additional potential
dangers of molecular nanotechnology threaten the economy, environment, human rights,
and world peace. The rush to gain supremacy through nanoweaponry could lead to a new
arms race, while attempts to stranglehold the technology would likely result in
independent, covert development. Unilateral, "open-source" international cooperation is
another option that runs its own risks, and control in the public sector could lead to
inequitable benefits and an Orwellian society.
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From these types of inventions, it will be useful for man to cure many diseases &
to lead a fantastic life. But in these technologies there is a possible danger also.
However, finally we wish all the scientists, who are going to invent the nanorobots.
To invent this kind of special featured nanorobots in the safe kind which will be in the non
hazardous to the living kind.
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TV Channel
Discovery channel.
Websites
www.nanostream.com
www.wisegeek.com
www.dmoz.org
www.neurnet.com
www.nanojournal.nano-tek.org
www.nanobot.info
Nanorobots + Biotechnology.
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