Fantastic Voyage

I wasn't around in the 1960's, I did however spent quite a bit of time by making up for it by watching a lot of old movies and TV shows. Growing up I was a TV junkie, and still am today. Back then, however, I watch just about anything, but I favor sci-fi.

Today I read a story on how Israeli scientist have invented a microscopic robot which is injected into a human system to allow for diagnosis and perhaps treatment. Until recently the smallest robot tat had been built measured 1 centimeter (cm) and was developed at Kyoto University. The Israeli robot's diameter is one millimeter. This medical robot, which measures 1 millimeter in diameter, can even fight cancerous cells, the scientists speculate anyways. What is of interest is how the robot is able to grab a hold of the arterial walls and crawl it's way to the desired spot as manned by a human.

This robot very much reminded me of the movie Fantastic Voyage in which a team of scientist are shrunken down to perform brain surgery for a VIP, that is until one of the team members turns on them and wants to kill the patient. It was far fetch then, but almost a reality 40 odd years later. I think novels and movies are the basis for all genius ideas, hence why I still refuse to stop watching a movie no matter how stupid the premise. Who knows the next stupid movie could spark brilliance and make me a millionaire.