Way past the idea of the 1966 sci-fi film ‘Fantastic Voyage’, nanobots navigating the tiny corridors of the human body is fast turning into reality. This article details progress made from the large gastrointestinal PillCam of 2001 to current research: microtubes controlled by tiny magnets, bacteria propulsion and nanobots traveling through the bloodstream to determine blood glucose levels in diabetics. None look like Stephen Boyd or Raquel Welch, though. Microbots: Using Nanotechnology In Medicine (Yale Scientific, surprisingly the oldest college scientific publication, founded in 1894)
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