Scientists develop slime “soft robot” in research for advancement of internal medicine

Could this be the future of internal medicine and surgeries? These scientists from the Chinese University of Hong Kong have developed a robot made from slime that they say could help surgeons access the harder-to-reach places in the human body.

But it will take some time before the new medicine is available to people. Here’s why.

[philiptan]

It reminds me of the movie ‘the terminator’ that a robot was made up of ‘intelligent’ metal that ‘remembers’ it’s original shape. So, when destroyed it can rebuild itself back into the original shape.

[ruslansadonov]

Let's replace our blood with it. Just saying.😈