Monday, October 03, 2005

Wheels are in Motion

Team Mars - 502 has been discussing a few ideas in way of a power source for the nanomachine, delivery of the machine into the cell, and methods by which the machine will measure the membrane potential. We're looking into using a nuclear power source for our machine. This would provide plenty of energy over a long period of time. For delivery into the cell, we're looking into using either liposomes or possibly a pump or channel protein. We've also considered how we are going to measure the membrane potential. One idea is to measure the force applied to a charged surface either inside or outside the cell, and equate the voltage thusly. This would keep the measuring device very small and compact. We continue to work diligently toward our goal.

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