Wow! Someone Made Nanobots By Strapping Tiny Chariots To Green Algae

Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about a super cool invention that creates a microswimmer robot using algae
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#biology #algae #nanobots

0:00 Tiny chariots
0:40 Richard Feynman was the first to propose this
1:50 Challenges
2:40 How evolution solved locomotion issues
3:30 Algae and mechanisms used in the study
4:50 Results
6:00 Why this is important

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[suruxstrawde]

Born too early to see biotechnology turn into a creative force of custom biology, born too late to experience ancient species, born just in time to see humanity enslave microbes in tiny baskets.

[AKSTEVE]

I am amazed here.. micro-scale, the chariot design, and 3D printed... Did not think we had that resolution yet. Wow

[FutureAIDev]

"CHARGE!!!" (Races forth at 20 micrometers per second)

[ryanrobison]

Had no idea about liquids getting more viscous at smaller scales. That makes so much more sense in terms of how microorganisms use stuff like flagella or cilia to move around. They have a lot more resistance to push against.

[cybervigilante]

Poor algae. Living free, then suddenly put to work.

[luiggiphilipi]

That spinning algae can only make me think... can we put a tiny generator there?
It can't output much, but imagine a whole lake filled with it...

[ScionStorm]

Damn even microbes out here got their driver's license.

[eazypeazy]

This is the beginning of something huge

[slowercuber]

06:00 “nobody’s going to be injecting these yet” no kidding, I’ve seen that StarGate episode!

[gweebara]

How long until we can have miniature pod races lol

[arctic_haze]

Richard Feynman was the first to talk about nanotechnology (he was a genius) but Stanisław Lem (another genius) was the first to write sci-fi novels about this. The aliens in Eden (1959) use "micromechanical devices" to build a wall around the human spaceship while in Invincible (1964) they are the very point of the novel (which may be a spoiler).

[Xanrax]

I can't believe how much I learn from your channel in a month it's amazing

[Picasso_Picante]

I love that forced smile at the end. (def Smile(): Input return command run “human (smile) return))

[recycledbeansalad]

Anton keeps smiling even as the green screen takes a chunk outta his faz-ace! 😮 What a champ.

[jasonlow]

.... Ooo the precursor to the grey goo scenario... Microbe races... It's streptococcus In a quantum finish. Guy who lost his life savings: no fair... You changed the outcome by measuring it.

[LifeOfBobert]

Anton, you're the best public science ambassador on the planet- NDT ain't got nothing on you! You sir, are a wonderful person. 😊 Also this thing looks like it could revolutionize brain surgery specifically!

[ValkyrieofNOLA]

I’d love to see a video on the nano 3D printer that makes these little chariots and scooters!

[michaelcaspi]

his amazing human is so much loved by so many ppl ❣
and thanked for his existence as an important gift from life life-free present 😇😇

[jim.franklin]

How long before the researchers are betting on whose is the fastest - Roman chariot racing at the nanoscale - epic. Thanks Anton, very interesting.

[George-rkts]

Nice video. I really liked the honest bit at the end with some realistic possibilities.

Good job, Anton