May 18, 2004
Quote of the Day
I imagine respirocytes as minuscule objects consisting of roughly 18 billion atoms arranged in small balls about a thousandth of a millimeter in diameter. Each respirocyte is a tiny pressurized gas tank equipped with small pumps. Respirocytes are nanobots that move with the blood. In the body's periphery, they release oxygen and absorb carbon dioxide. In the lungs, they do the opposite, recharging themselves with oxygen. The exchange of gases is regulated by minute sensors. Though the respirocytes are modeled on red blood corpuscles, they transport oxygen two hundred times more efficiently than the natural item. A small syringe-full of respirocytes could carry as much oxygen as your entire bloodstream.
Robert A. Freitas Jr
28 July 2000
What a fascinating idea - are these currently under development or drawing-board-only?
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Posted by: Monica on May 19, 2004 08:27 AMThe answer is "yes".
What I mean is that the exploratory engineering has been happening for several years - the design-ahead aspects - and the actual diamondoid structural component engineering required to build such devices is actively under development.
As far as taking these things to market, sounds like a great, high-risk/high-payoff startup opportunity...
Posted by: Russell Whitaker on May 19, 2004 08:51 AM