January 30, 2009 Researchers from Monash University in Australia are working on microbot motors designed to swim through the human bloodstream. Dubbed the "Proteus" after the miniature submarine that ...

The tiny Proteus motor, at only 2.5 times the width of a human hair, is small enough to enter the bloodstream and perform duties previously requiring some surgical slice-and-dice. Researchers at ...

The Proteus motor built by the Australian engineers is about one millimeter long and approximately one-fourth millimeter wide (less than the width of three human hairs). It is powered by piezoelectric ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. IT HAS been dubbed the Proteus motor, after the miniature submarine that travelled through the human body in the science fiction movie ...