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MODERN ALCHEMY. "Utility fogs will be capable of some incredible things. They'll be able to make objects appear and disappear on command, and even make them hover and fly around. And through such forces as squeezing, hitting, and pulling, they'll also be able to manipulate objects in the environment." http://io9.com/5932880/how-utility-fogs-could-become-the-technology-that-changes-the-world View in LinkedIn

UTILITY FOG. "In essence, the utility fog would be a polymorphic material comprised of trillions of interlinked microscopic ‘foglets', each equipped with a tiny computer. These nanobots would be capable of exerting force in all three dimensions, thus enabling the larger emergent object to take on various shapes and textures." Like a seatbelt. https://lnkd.in/eik9_rZ View in LinkedIn

CLAYTRONICS AND SMART DUST. "But perhaps the most fascinating possibility of all comes from combining aspects of both claytronics and smart dust. Utility fog ... describes a collection of microscale robots called "foglets" that spread out widely under normal situations but lock together as a solid when commanded in any shape." https://lnkd.in/d6UF5U9 View in LinkedIn

BACTERIA AND VDR. "VDR expression and distribution were specifically regulated by the bacteria-induced inflammation. We found that pathogenic bacteria increased VDR expression, whereas commensal bacteria did not change VDR expression in colon epithelial cells." http://www.fasebj.org/cgi/content/meeting_abstract/22/1_MeetingAbstracts/320.10 View in LinkedIn

SWARMBOTS FORM SPECIFIC SHAPES, video from Harvard. https://lnkd.in/e84ZrEc View in LinkedIn

SALMONELLA AND VDR. "Salmonella is able to regulate the vitamin D receptor, increasing its activity and determining where in the colon the receptor is active. vitamin D receptor plays a key role in defending the body from assault by Salmonella and squelching inflammation. The receptor stops a molecule known as NF-Kappa B, a well-known master player in the world of inflammation, by binding to it and preventing it from activating other inflammatory molecules." https://lnkd.in/eavdUZn View in LinkedIn

SWARM BOTS. "As early as in 1964, the idea of robotic swarms has been described by Stanislaw Lem in the novel The Invincible, which is set on a planet where the ecology has been taken over by micro-robotic "swarms", evolved in the process of robotic wars and which can congregate in larger structures in response to threats." https://lnkd.in/eM3mJB6 View in LinkedIn

"VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY is a known factor in the pathology of inflammatory bowel disease and colon cancer ... but there have been very few reports about how bacteria might play a role by targeting the vitamin D receptor. Our work suggests one possible mechanism, by working through the vitamin D receptor, a sensor and regulator for the majority of functions of vitamin D.” https://lnkd.in/eavdUZn View in LinkedIn

WHOLE BODY DATAGLOVE. "Since you’re embedded in the Fog, it can sense every detail of your bodily position. It forms a “whole-body dataglove”, and you can control it with extremely subtle gestures. At the ultimate extreme, the Foglets can carry various special sensors ranging from simple electrodes with voltmeters to SQIDs and form an extremely high bandwidth polygraph." https://lnkd.in/ebphx-d View in LinkedIn

VDR AND DISEASE. "Scientists have associated vitamin D and the receptor with many types of cancer, as well as osteoporosis, heart disease, diabetes, inflammatory bowel disease, and infection." https://lnkd.in/eavdUZn View in LinkedIn