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Chemical 'brain' to control nanobot swarm

March 11, 2008 10:41 AM PDT – Posted by Emily Shurr

You may be surprised to learn that a molecule 2 billionths of a meter across can be programmed to dispatch and command machines. Scientists at Japan's International Center for Young Scientists have created a molecule of duroquinone fitted with "docking stations" where nanomachines can attach and receive instruction from a molecular CPU (central processing unit). It's not the fastest computing molecule, but it's the only one that can act as a dispatcher to 16 other molecules simultaneously.

Read the full story at BBC News:"Chemical brain controls nanobots"

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by nanobots October 7, 2008 12:27 PM PDT
Hello, once the nanobots are in the human body. How would you be able to destroy, remove, and or stop them?

Thank you,
Christian
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