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Nanotechnology Project Portfolio

by Penelope Cox Shay Townson Laura Barr Intro to Engineering and Design B6

Brainstorming
03.01.12
Neuroscience Nanobots repair/enhance neural synapses and nerves Used to cure mental handicaps such as: o Alzheimers disease o Huntingtons disease o Dyslexia o Brain damage o Autism o Mental retardation o Brain tumors o Migraines o Epilepsy o Stroke o Tourettes syndrome o Paraplegia o And others Injected into the spinal cord Travels up your nervous system to synapses in the brain or other locations Since neurons function with electrical pulses, the nanobots could be programmed to detect certain electrical discrepancies in the brain/nervous system depending on the mental ailment of the patient Could be powered by thermal energy (for paraplegic appendages and such) and bioelectricity (synapses of the brain) Could be used as a polygraph, to monitor and transmit in what areas of the brain certain neurons fire Could be used as artificial axons and dendrites to repair issues with nerves, and used as a pathway for the natural electrical pulses Could be used to talk to people in comas. The nanobots will as a group going through out your Brain fixing thing that need to be fixed.

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