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Yep, once it's done it can just navigate to the nearest acetone reservoir in the body.
by Otik 11y ago
Yep, once it's done it can just navigate to the nearest acetone reservoir in the body.
- vladiliescu 11y ago"Making the entire robot dissolve in water is a bit trickier, but the researchers seem confident that it’ll be possible in the near future."
- jokr004 11y agoBut if it dissolves in water how is it supposed to make it anywhere inside your body? There's lots of water in there.
- lawlessone 11y agoContact lenses are ruined by contact with ordinary water but the saline solution and water in our eyes doesn't ruin them.
- sp332 11y agoSame problem, there isn't really any pure water in your body to dissolve robots in either.
- copsarebastards 11y agoI downvoted your comment for the following reasons: 1. If you had read/comprehended the article you would understand how they plan to address this concern. 2. Really, even without reading the article, your comment just shows a failure of imagination. It's really not hard to see how this early prototype might be developed into more mature, useful applications.
- Otik 11y agoThank you for sharing your reasons for downvoting, but you're wrong. I did read the article, I do understand their plans and I didn't have a failure of imagination. It's cool tech, and I made a flippant joke in response to someone's comment. Demoing that you can (partially) dissolve something in acetone or even water is not terribly impressive, even if their self-folding and mode of locomotion is pretty cool.