Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Nanites (part 2)


In medicine, early diagnosis could well be achieved by utilizing nanites. Consider how advanced some conditions become before they are properly diagnosed—including hours or days of suffering before finally visiting a hospital, compounded by even more hours of waiting to be seen by a medical professional and finally (hopefully) being subjected to the correct series of scans or tests to diagnose the condition before treatment can even be speculated. Our future may involve a few nanites roaming around inside each of us while they maintain a running diagnostic report of our health. You may not want to know that your cholesterol level is high and be told to stay away from fatty foods, but imagine getting a text on your cell phone from one of your internal nanites that reads: “Blockage detected, heart attack imminent. See a doctor immediately!”

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