• Advertising
  • Directory
  • Discount Codes
  • DSM – Company Profile
  • Dummy Page
  • Fit In Bath
  • Fitness Product Features
  • Nutri-Food Products
  • Nutrition Marketing
  • Sabinsa – Company Profile
  • Training
  • HealthGauge.com – health news, information, trends & opinion
  • About Us
  • Features
    • Diet
    • Evolution of Health
    • Health Ingredients
    • Health Products
    • Natural Health
    • Performance
    • Product Features
    • Recovery
    • Science & Technology
    • Strength
    • Vitality & Longevity
    • Weight Management
    • Cardiovascular Health
  • Fitness
    • Fitness Theory & Information
    • Fitness Trends
  • Health Events
  • Health Science
  • Industry
  • Nutrition
    • Nutrition Trends
    • Nutritional Theory & Information
  • Products
  • RSS feeds
  • Terms and Conditions
  • Trends
  • Contact
  • Finished Products
  • Fitness Industry
    • Fitness Industry News
    • Fitness Market Analysis
    • Fitness Studies & Science
  • Fitness Products
  • Nutrition Industry
    • Nutrition Studies & Science
  • Promotion
  • Concepts & Ideas
  • Fitness Concepts, Ideas & Innovations
  • Fitness Marketing
  • Fitness Retail & Distribution
  • Nutrition Concepts, Ideas & Innovations
  • Nutrition Industry News
  • Nutrition Products
  • Nutrition Retail & Distribution
  • Nutrition Trends & Analysis
  • Sports Nutrtion

Nanorobots hold big potential for life extension

October 27, 2012
by HealthGauge
Longevity & Life Extension, Technology
Comments are off

little toy robot in foreground in front of blurred background

Robotic technologies enable life-altering innovations

Members of IEEE, a large, global professional organization dedicated to advancing technology for humanity, have found that advancements in small robots, ranging from nanorobots to shoebox-sized robots, hold promise for delivering innovative and life-altering future applications. With a wide range of capabilities including, minimizing the potential of food safety incidences, monitoring health and administering medicine from inside the body, small robots will have a large impact on the longevity and wellbeing of our society.  Dr. Maja Mataric, IEEE Fellow and Founding Director of the University of Southern California’s Center for Robotics and Embedded Systems said,

Dr Maja Mararic waving a robots hand

"The relationship between robot size and human acceptance is an area of robotics that is constantly being examined. This applies to the full range of robot sizes, from ingestible robots to health-monitoring caregiving social companions,"
Maintaining food safety with monitoring robots

NSF International, leading global provider of public health and safety risk management solutions, estimates that 325,000 people are hospitalized each year from food-borne illness. To help minimize the number of food safety incidences, miniature robots are being designed to specifically monitor the operating and ambient conditions throughout the entire food production process.

Increasing lifespan with robot injections

Microscopic in size, nanorobots are being developed that can be injected into our bodies for use as mini-monitors of disease and instability in a human’s immune system. They will have the ability, through artificial intelligence systems, to treat different diseases or ailments automatically. Using multiple nanorobots, or swarms, these robots will be able to deliver specific tasks in the human body.  Antonio Espingardeiro, IEEE member and independent robotics expert said,

Photo of Antonio Espingardeiro working on a robot hand

"These robots will soon have the ability to detect diseases, unclog arteries or even provide injections of medications like insulin. Collectively, these capabilities will help identify and treat conditions in their infancy and allow our bodies to properly function for longer periods of time."

Source: IEEE

Comments
Social Share
fat fit
You can't be fat and fit says study
May 18, 2017
obesity
Obesity linked to 11 types of cancer
Mar 02, 2017
women holding ruler
Forget fat, think fit
Dec 13, 2016
Microplastics
Microplastics give cause for concern
Jul 28, 2016
Office cubicles
Move more to reduce risk of early death
Jul 28, 2016
Kew Gardens Aloe
Simplee Aloe supports Kew Gardens crowdfunder
Jul 25, 2016
Childhood Trauma
Childhood trauma linked to weak immune system
Jun 28, 2016