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Programmable Swarmbots Help Make Flexible Biological Tools

Biomedical engineers at Duke University have developed a new platform to create biologic drugs using specially engineered bacteria that burst and release useful proteins when they sense that their capsule is becoming too crowded.

The platform relies on two main components: the engineered bacteria, called “swarmbots,” that are programmed to sense the density of their peers within their…

‘Swarmbots’ Overtaking Unmanned Systems

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“Swarmbots” work like termites, and both the Navy and Marines are touted them as the next frontier of unmanned aircraft, reports Breaking Defense.

The future looks to…