Media Coverage
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2018-09-05
Swarms Of Tiny Magnetic Nanobots Could Be Used To Treat Blood Clots In The Near Future
Media: Tech TimesIn the future, nanobots will save lives. Scientists from Hong Kong have made a breakthrough in controlling swarms of minuscule robots to treat blood clots. A team of scientists has designed and implemented a strategy using oscillating magnetic fields to "reconfigure paramagnetic nanoparticles into ribbon-like swarms." -
2018-09-04
Nanoparticle Swarms to Deliver Medical Therapies Across Body
Media: MedgadgetScientists at the Chinese University of Hong Kong have developed a way to get nanoparticles to group and move as swarms, similar to how hundreds of bees and birds can fly together. The technology may have implications for medicine, helping to guide nanoparticles toward certain organs or sites of cancer. -
2018-09-04
Magnetic Nanobots Are the Future of Healthcare
Media: Geek.comResearchers developed a new way to manage the collective movement of nanorobots. (No, not through mind control—though how awesome would that be?) A team from the Chinese University of Hong Kong applied swarm behaviors to small-scale bots, allowing “controlled morphological changes and splitting.” -
2018-09-04
Hong Kong scientists develop new 'nano-swarm' robots
Media: CNNLed by Associate Professor Li Zhang, a team of scientists from the Chinese University of Hong Kong designed and implemented a strategy of using oscillating magnetic fields to create highly reconfigurable ribbon-like swarms of nano-robots, millions of magnetic nanoparticles each less than one micron wide, or one-fifth the length of a red blood cell. -
2018-09-03
Smart logistics solution for e-commerce merchants and couriers
Media: ejinsightA team of tech entrepreneurs has developed a smart solution for the traditional logistics business. Graduates of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) with a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering and a master’s degree in computer science and engineering, Chan and Cheung have accumulated years of IT experience before embarking on their entrepreneurial journey in 2017. -
2018-08-31
Shape-Changing Swarming Nanorobots Developed To Aid Complex Medical Surgeries
Media: International Business TimesIn a bid to aid medical surgeries, a group of researchers hailing from China have developed unique nanorobots, minute machines that could go inside the human body and perform complex tasks to help with an ongoing procedure.
