We have been very busy in the last few weeks, and i should have probably posted more about how we are really only making small decisions about our project at the moment. We have begun making slides for the presentation, and we have set the unofficial due date for out groups slides to be this saturday.
The last and final bridge we need to cross is concerning how we are going to propel the machine out of the lysosome to get it into the intracellular environment. We have had several ideas each as general or difficult as the last. At the moment we are trying to think of a simple chemical reaction that can create a rocket propulsion of sorta that will provide thrust to puncture a lysosome, but little else. We think taking a page from elementary school, we may just use a vinegar/baking soda reaction that will hopefully not generate much heat or anything toxic to the cell. Another idea is using compressed CO2 for a quick thrust.