{"id":426751,"date":"2022-04-04T23:47:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-04T20:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/robot-slime-magnet-could-save-lives-by-searching-our-insides\/"},"modified":"2022-04-04T23:47:00","modified_gmt":"2022-04-04T20:47:00","slug":"robot-slime-magnet-could-save-lives-by-searching-our-insides","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/robot-slime-magnet-could-save-lives-by-searching-our-insides\/","title":{"rendered":"#Robot &#8216;slime magnet&#8217; could save lives by searching our insides"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a21cfd97863b\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a21cfd97863b\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/robot-slime-magnet-could-save-lives-by-searching-our-insides\/#%E2%80%9CRobot_%E2%80%98slime_magnet_could_save_lives_by_searching_our_insides%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Robot &#8216;slime magnet&#8217; could save lives by searching our insides&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CRobot_%E2%80%98slime_magnet_could_save_lives_by_searching_our_insides%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Robot &#8216;slime magnet&#8217; could save lives by searching our insides&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>This potential treatment may not be for the squeamish.<\/p>\n<p>Accidentally swallowed a magnetic ball? Not to worry: Hong Kong scientists have created a state-of-the-art \u201cslime robot\u201d that can be magnetically manipulated to retrieve inadvertently ingested objects, among a myriad of other real-world <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>lications. <\/p>\n<p>A case study detailing the cybernetic cutting-edge invention was published recently in the journal <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1002\/adfm.202112508\">\u201cAdvanced Functional Materials.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe ultimate goal is to deploy it like a robot,\u201d the goo-bot\u2019s co-creator, Li Zhang, of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/science\/2022\/apr\/01\/magnetic-turd-scientists-invent-moving-slime-that-could-be-used-in-human-digestive-systems\">told the Guardian<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Zhang and his team reportedly concocted the revolutionary ooze by mixing neodymium magnet particles with household detergent borax and the resin polyvinyl alcohol, the first ingredient so it can be controlled magnetically, Reuters reported. They then coated the toxic magnetic particles with silica to hypothetically make them safe for use inside the human body. <\/p>\n<p>The resultant product has \u201cvisco-elastic properties\u201d \u2014 meaning that it behaves like a liquid or a solid depending on the level of the force applied. Think of a fun-sized <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=quUnYyJg5N0\">liquid metal T-1000 from \u201cTerminator 2,\u201d<\/a> if it was built to help rather than harm.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you touch it very quickly it behaves like a solid,\u201d said Zhang. \u201cWhen you touch it gently and slowly it behaves like a liquid.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"884\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/slime-robot-846.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"\u201cThe ultimate goal is to deploy it like a robot,\u201d the goo-bot's co-creator Li Zhang.\" class=\"wp-image-21775812\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/slime-robot-846.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/slime-robot-846.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/slime-robot-846.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/slime-robot-846.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>\u201cThe ultimate goal is to deploy it like a robot,\u201d said the goo-bot\u2019s co-creator Li Zhang.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">ZUMAPRESS.com<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"722\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/slime-robot-844.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Disconcerted Twitter users have compared the magnetic blob to the eponymous space parasite from &quot;Venom.&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-21775809\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/slime-robot-844.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/slime-robot-844.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/slime-robot-844.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/slime-robot-844.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Disconcerted <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> users have compared the magnetic blob \u2014 which can form shapes, including a \u201cC\u201d \u2014 to the eponymous space parasite from \u201cVenom.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">ZUMAPRESS.com<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>If that wasn\u2019t SyFy Channel enough, the magnetic glob can also heal itself, form \u201cC\u201d and \u201cO\u201d shapes and even conduct electricity. In fact, the bot\u2019s abilities seemed so far-fetched that social media thought it was an April Fools\u2019 Day gag when it debuted on April 1, the Guardian reported.<\/p>\n<p>However,<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/newscientist\/status\/1509599345255100417\"> a freaky breakthrough video<\/a> shows a soft-bodied robot pulling wires together, enveloping objects like \u201cThe Blob,\u201d navigating passages as narrow as 1.5 mm and even glomming together after being chopped apart, behaving like mercury from a broken thermometer. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"\/>\n<p>Scientists believe that the globule could boast a range of essential applications, such as \u201ctransporting harmful things\u201d and \u201ccircuit switching and repair,\u201d per the study.<\/p>\n<p>Most importantly, perhaps, it could potentially extract non-food items accidentally ingested by people \u2014 a critical function given recent horror stories of people swallowing pointedly dangerous foreign objects, from needles to car keys. No word as to whether the<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/video.disney.com\/watch\/flubber-trailer-4bd03f0184c5a4a3cd43636b\"> flubber<\/a>-like substance works on objects accidentally lodged in people\u2019s urethras. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"726\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/slime-robot-845.jpg?w=726\" alt=\"&quot;I think i'd rather have whatever was swallowed pass through naturally than ingest what looks like magnetic turd,&quot; scoffed one naysayer.\" class=\"wp-image-21775810\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/slime-robot-845.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1088 1089w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/slime-robot-845.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=726 726w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/slime-robot-845.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=363 363w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/slime-robot-845.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 726px) 100vw, 726px\"\/><figcaption>\u201cI think I\u2019d rather have whatever was swallowed pass through naturally than ingest what looks like magnetic turd,\u201d wrote one naysayer on Twitter, scoffing at the invention\u2019s potential medical uses.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">ZUMAPRESS.com<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The goop spawned mixed reactions social media, with <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/arvalis\/status\/1509642185263575048\">one gawker deeming it <\/a>\u201ckinda frightening.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think i\u2019d rather have whatever was swallowed pass through naturally than ingest what looks like magnetic turd,\u201d wrote <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/daithiodave\/status\/1509648233181679618\">another naysayer<\/a>, scoffing at the invention\u2019s potential medical uses.<\/p>\n<p>Others, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sony\/status\/1509626339246030854\">including the official Sony account<\/a>, compared the dark blob to the eponymous space symbiote from the \u201cVenom\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">movies<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-wrapper twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I think i&#8217;d rather have whatever was swallowed pass through naturally than ingest what looks like magnetic turd.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dave Walsh (@daithiodave) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/daithiodave\/status\/1509648233181679618?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 31, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Others deemed it a vicious Trojan horse that the government could use to implant hardware under the guise of performing invasive surgery. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes like they\u2019re gonna spend millions on developing this for retrieving items accidentally swallowed,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SFstuFstuff\/status\/1509663416700522510\">said one social media conspiracy theorist.<\/a> \u201cRight. Implant maintenance more like.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBe not afraid of the living, controllable robot glob that can slither into your body,\u201d wrote<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FordFischer\/status\/1509676080604622858\"> another snarky doomsayer.<\/a> \u201cThe glob is your friend. The glob only wants to help.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"643\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/slime-robot-843.jpg?w=643\" alt=\"&quot;When you touch it very quickly it behaves like a solid,&quot; said Zhang. &quot;When you touch it gently and slowly it behaves like a liquid.&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-21775808\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/slime-robot-843.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=965 964w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/slime-robot-843.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=643 643w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/slime-robot-843.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=322 321w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/slime-robot-843.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 643px) 100vw, 643px\"\/><figcaption>\u201cWhen you touch it very quickly it behaves like a solid,\u201d said Zhang. \u201cWhen you touch it gently and slowly it behaves like a liquid.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">ZUMAPRESS.com<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Fortunately, as many Twitter users pointed out, the slimeball is not sentient. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not intelligent. It has no parts,\u201d said <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/qirenni\/status\/1509638011767734274\">one Twitter realist in retort to other users\u2019 paranoid free associating.<\/a> \u201cIt\u2019s just a blob you move around with magnets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Zhang explained that while, for now, the robo-glob is not autonomous, \u201cwe still consider it as fundamental research \u2014 trying to understand its material properties.\u201d\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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Accidentally swallowed a magnetic ball? Not to worry: Hong Kong scientists have created a state-of-the-art \u201cslime robot\u201d that can be magnetically manipulated to retrieve inadvertently ingested objects, among a myriad of other real-world applications. 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