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Blood Cell sized robots could be mass-produced using a new method developed by researchers at MIT. Nature Materials – Autoperforation of 2D materials for generating two-terminal memristive Janus particles Syncells (short for synthetic cells), might eventually be used to monitor conditions inside an oil or gas pipeline or to search out disease while floating through the bloodstream. They have developed a way to control the natural fracturing process of atomically-thin, brittle materials, directing the fracture lines so that they produce miniscule pockets of a predictable size and shape. Embedded inside these pockets are electronic circuits and materials that can collect, The post Controlled graphene fracturing for mass production of cell sized robots appeared first on NextBigFuture.com.