[Bioundgrd] Fwd: **BMES Nanorobotics Lecture Wed March 16**

[Kathleen Long]

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>>              NANOROBOTICS LECTURE SERIES EVENT WED MARCH 16!!
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>>                        Refreshments @ 6:30 p.m.
>>                       Talk will follow @ 7 p.m.
>>                             Room 66-110
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>>                    "Nanorobotics: A Different View"
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>>                           Dr. Sylvain Martel
>>                   Director, NanoRobotics Laboratory
>>                    École Polytechnique de Montréal
>>                          Montréal, PQ Canada
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>>Attempts to create smaller robots are often hindered by the fabrication and
>>integration techniques employed by more traditional engineering fields.  The
>>talk will present an unconventional approach toward nanrobotic creation,
>>including an overview of 1) the NanoWalker 
>>project that aims to develop a fleet
>>of scientific instruments in the form of miniature wireless robots capable of
>>operating on the molecular-scale, 2) the MR-Sub project which aims to
>>automatically propel and control micro- and 
>>nanodevices into the blood vessels
>>via magnetic gradients, with significant implications for minimally invasive
>>medical operations.