X-Message-Number: 15640 Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 02:28:25 -0800 From: Mark Galecki <> Subject: "Molecular Motors" Hello, I was waiting in a department store for some assistance with my purchase. Unfortunately, the employees were droids who were just going through their algorithms, so I had a lot of time, and looked at the latest issue of "Popular Science", March 2001. On page 31 there is an article on "Molecular Motors". It reads, in part: "Carlo Montemagno and colleagues at Cornell University have created the first microscopic motor - no bigger than a virus particle - that runs on a biochemical, ATP, which the body burns to generate energy." "Integrating biomolecular motors with nanoscale systems will enable devices that can use ATP as an energy source, says Montemagno, who envisions such hybrid robots repair cells. Montemagno's team is now trying to build devices that can self-assemble inside human cells. " I think "Popular Science", although "popular", is a respectable magazine. If this article is not overblown, I don't have to tell you how much significance this has for us, vitrification nothwithstanding. I signed up for cryonics because this is the best I can do, regardless of the result. I don't know about you, but it looks to me more and more like we just might make it. Mark Galecki Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=15640