Re: Machines 'to match man by 2029'

"StainlessSteelRat" <usenet@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Sentinel wrote:
>>> Also despite lots of articles of this type, we don't seem to be any
>>> closer to armies of roaming nanobots in our bodies, and would people
>>> honestly be very happy about having armies of nanobots roaming their
>>> bodies? Well, aside from some of the nutters on this group ;-)
>>
>> One man's visionary is another's complete nutter, I suppose. :-)
>
> History bears that out I guess, although I have a feeling that most end
up 
> being nutters.
>
>> Yes, the nano thing is like all things human, it can be a blessing or
>> a curse. Like most things human, the latter seems more likely.
>
> I'm trying to think of mainstream books/films/TV where nano robots have 
> featured. I remember Mulder was injected with them in the X-Files, if 
> memory serves.
>

There's Red Dwarf (they recreate the ****p) and Dr Who (The Empty Child),
and 
Deus Ex if you consider PC games to be mainstream. And there are theories 
about nanobots in Lost, although they have apparently been dismissed by
the 
show's creators.