A bug, or a bug? A millionth scale differential

The Beep Goes On

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http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100902093456.htm

"... generates torques up to 10 million times smaller than in a car, is 5 millimeters long, and weighs about one-hundredth of a gram -- a millionth the mass of an automobile differential..."

They don't mention surveillance, but it goes without saying that these bug-sized creations will be put to other uses.
 

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spartacus53

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The Beep Goes On said:
They don't mention surveillance, but it goes without saying that these bug-sized creations will be put to other uses.

Indeed they will have other uses.... I'll get one to chase any mosquitoes, or other flying vermin away :icon_thumleft:
 

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