In recent year’s nanorobotics have emerged at the forefront of medical advancement. Although nanorobotics is largely still in the research and development stage, there are current applications for them. Nanorobotics has shown promise in the treatment of diabetes, cancer, surgical procedures and a multitude of other ailments. In 1986, K. Eric Drexler introduced the idea of injecting the small robots into the human body (Manjunath, A., 2014). Imagine a world where surgery in non-invasive and lasts only seconds. Pandemics such as the bird flu can be attacked from a swarm of Nanorobots deployed in the field to only attack the invasive virus (Cavalcanti, 2008). Constant internal monitoring of your ongoing health problems with alerts sent automatically
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Nanorobots have a promising future in dental health applications. These dental Nanorobots will no doubt have the capacity to assist in the repair of teeth, straightening of the teeth and imply a micro format of the alignment of the teeth for replacements and implants (Manjunath, A. 2014). Diabetes is a serious disease that has affected our society swiftly with our increasing obesity epidemic. Diabetes is treated through the constant monitoring of glucose within the patient’s bloodstream and the injection of insulin to counter the high readings to reduce the readings to a healthy level. Diabetes is a complete life change with constant finger pricks for sugar level readings and injections. There is a prototype Nanorobot that has a protein that can monitor the glucose levels in the blood stream continuously. If the sensor detects that the glucose is abnormally high it can send an alert to a mobile device for the patient and medication and treatment can be applied without delay (Abhilash, M., 2010). Cancer treatment is also an evolving area for the use of Nanorobots. Since these objects are so small, Nanorobots have the capacity to cross the brain blood barrier. This easy access would allow the devices to reach areas inside the brain that are too intricate for normal surgical means. Complex surgical procedures would also be easily maneuvered with Nanorobotic technology. With a simple injection of the devices into a vein, surgery would be fast and non-invasive to the surrounding
Nanorobots have a promising future in dental health applications. These dental Nanorobots will no doubt have the capacity to assist in the repair of teeth, straightening of the teeth and imply a micro format of the alignment of the teeth for replacements and implants (Manjunath, A. 2014). Diabetes is a serious disease that has affected our society swiftly with our increasing obesity epidemic. Diabetes is treated through the constant monitoring of glucose within the patient’s bloodstream and the injection of insulin to counter the high readings to reduce the readings to a healthy level. Diabetes is a complete life change with constant finger pricks for sugar level readings and injections. There is a prototype Nanorobot that has a protein that can monitor the glucose levels in the blood stream continuously. If the sensor detects that the glucose is abnormally high it can send an alert to a mobile device for the patient and medication and treatment can be applied without delay (Abhilash, M., 2010). Cancer treatment is also an evolving area for the use of Nanorobots. Since these objects are so small, Nanorobots have the capacity to cross the brain blood barrier. This easy access would allow the devices to reach areas inside the brain that are too intricate for normal surgical means. Complex surgical procedures would also be easily maneuvered with Nanorobotic technology. With a simple injection of the devices into a vein, surgery would be fast and non-invasive to the surrounding