Dean Kamen's co-host Joanne Colan meets up with a scientist from Zurich, Switzerland who is developing magnetically driven microbots capable of performing intricate ocular surgery!
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Dean of Invention: Can Microscopic Robots Cure Blindness?
Dean Kamen's co-host Joanne Colan meets up with a scientist from Zurich, Switzerland who is developing magnetically driven microbots capable of performing intricate ocular surgery!
Added: Oct 14, 2010
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Runtime: 02:49
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