# Rise of the Machines: Microbots in Our Veins! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 20, 2009, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rise-of-the-machines-microbots-in-our-veins/482107 "2009-01-20T05:51:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2009, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rise-of-the-machines-microbots-in-our-veins/482107/1 "2009-01-20T05:51:20Z")
[Skynet’s going to be killing us from the _inside!_](http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090119210620.htm) > [@](#): > > A range of complex surgical operations necessary to treat stroke victims, confront hardened arteries or address blockages in the bloodstream are about to be made safer as researchers from the Micro/Nanophysics Research Laboratory at Australia’s Monash University put the final touches to the design of micro-motors small enough to be injected into the human bloodstream. This is it! We’re _doomed!_ They won’t be coming to the door with big guns to try and kill us! No, they’ll be creepy little monsters, lying in wait for their opportunity to get inside our bodies and then make their way to our brains, where they’ll start hacking away with their little micro-knives and scythes! Aaack! ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2009, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rise-of-the-machines-microbots-in-our-veins/482107/2 "2009-01-20T09:53:15Z")
Coolio! Count me uploaded! I always wanted… er… silicon implants? ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2009, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rise-of-the-machines-microbots-in-our-veins/482107/3 "2009-01-20T18:27:56Z")
I think I’ll let that technology improve for 30 years or so before I try it… ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2009, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rise-of-the-machines-microbots-in-our-veins/482107/4 "2009-01-20T18:44:38Z")
> [@Tuckerfan](#): > > [Skynet’s going to be killing us from the _inside!_](http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090119210620.htm)This is it! We’re _doomed!_ They won’t be coming to the door with big guns to try and kill us! No, they’ll be creepy little monsters, lying in wait for their opportunity to get inside our bodies and then make their way to our brains, where they’ll start hacking away with their little micro-knives and scythes! Aaack! [Kind of like this, you mean?](http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7mivs_the-simpsons-roger-myers-scratchtas_shortfilms) [May not be SFW] ---
**Author:** ![Neidhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2009, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rise-of-the-machines-microbots-in-our-veins/482107/5 "2009-01-20T21:49:38Z")
What I want is nanobots advanced enough to destroy all pathogenic organisms, fix my vision to 20/5, tone my muscles automatically, prevent deterioration of brain cells and roll back my body’s age to a permanent 18. Doubt such a thing will be possible before I die of old age though.