Microscopic bio-robot
''Biobots might be created using similar techniques to those being used by Craig Venter to create simple artificial cells of his own design.
They would be controlled using light of a specific frequency. Varying the amount of light would switch the biobots on or off by activating pigments carried by the mini workers.
But like more normal-sized robots, biobots could be entertaining too, the patent says. People could race them around tracks, mazes, or obstacles. They might even compete in biobot war games, trying to track each other down and making a kill by secreting antibiotics.'' [source]
Longevity Drugs attach aging!
''Not long ago, the silver-bullet approach was disregarded, and it's still far from achieving a consensus in the scientific community. But standard research approaches to cancer, dementia and heart disease have provided relatively small benefits, and evidence has continued to accumulate in favor of Wallace and like-minded researchers who advocate a mitochondrial theory of disease.
The new drugs work by stimulating enzymes that regulate the function of mitochondria. Hundreds of these structures are found in every cell in the body, ceaselessly converting glucose into usable energy. But over time, mitochondria degenerate. They lose strength and efficiency, releasing highly reactive oxygen molecules that bind easily with other molecules and wreak cellular havoc.'' [source]
Cyborg leafs convert light into energy
''Concentrated nitric acid was used to dissolve away the silver to leave gold leaf with nanoscale pores. This gave it a high surface area that allows a large amount of PS1 to be attached. It also made the leaf thin enough for light to penetrate. The finished material was stretched over a thicker gold substrate for support.
PS1 complexes were attached to the leaf by first coating the porous gold in thiols - chemical molecules that have a free end able to form strong bonds with the proteins.
When the complete cyborg leaf is placed under light, the PS1 complexes generate electrons that flow into the gold and can be harvested as electric current.'' [source]
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