Take This Article With A Grain Of Robot

Do you want to see programmable robots smaller than a grain of salt? Okay; now that I type it out, I realize that might be difficult, because that's really small. Let's try this: Do you want to see a zoomed-in human fingertip sporting a tiny programmable robot that's barely visible even with the multi-times magnification?

If so, check out this article from the University of Pennsylvania. Not only does it include a pic, but it also has a lot of fascinating info on what these little bots are capable of. It's enough to make me want to skim my copy of GURPS Ultra-Tech to try to figure out which tech level we blipped into . . .

-- Steven Marsh