Bacteria turn tiny gears

[gadionson1]

ahahahah ....

[JasonBrazen]

@H20RIDER LOL!

[VilIgnoble]

Where are the nuts for the bacterias rights and freedom cru, This shouldnt be called bacterial enslavement, more like revenge

[H20RIDER]

Those bacteria don't look motivated. Threaten them with some Listerine!

[oOoxelAoOo]

Rather interesting, this could lead to nanomachines that do not require an external power source...

[st4ticblu3]

Great , now Liberals will try to pass labor laws for bacteria.

[Careloca22]

We are so stoneage!!

[fatbabak]

lol, enslave bacteria

[FEARisPROFIT]

Nanobots will rule the world

Muuuuuuuuuhahahahhahahahahahah­ah

[didaloca]

I'll stuff my face in your chest ;)

[shadowace421]

mmmm, nanobots??

[tomliordos]

lol

[secretorganisation]

anti bakteria spray would kill these terrorist

[BatmansJournalist]

This is awesome.

[humilde7777]

His outstanding, always giving US extra homework to do.

[ndjarnag]

This is cool, but how many hours of video did it take to glimps these two gears moving together?

[canisdormit]

now when can we give these bacteria nano-sized bazookas and machine guns????

[edgarahf]

hmmmmm i dont know about this ....

[urielmusician]

@galtsgulca the "surrounding fluid" you are seeing are the bacteria swimming. Even though the gears are greatly more massive than each individual bacterium, they operate the gears by swimming against them en masse.

@scrfce123 These are aerobic bacteria, meaning they're "powered" by oxygen. Those "poorly designed" gears are actually perfectly designed to move with the force of the bacteria. The gears are guaranteed to work by regulating the amount of O2 in the environment. more=faster none=stop

[scrfce123]

Thats a decent reply. Unlike Trigger, you are obviously an intelligent person.

The reason that I assumed the gears were poorly designed is because of the angled teeth. They are not the optimum shape to acheive constant meshing. Thanks for your input.

[LooseLatitude]

Or maybe our technological abilities aren't advanced enough to make a more efficient gear on a scale like that.

[OregonDARRYL]

@scrfce123 I believe the gears are shaped that way to allow the moving bacteria to cause them to rotate. They slide off of the long angle and get caught in the inner angle. It's like a windmill. Normal spur gears would get the same force from all sides and not turn.

[ducttaperulestheworl]

lol

[aannijibabi]

i feel very adventurous today any guys want to have an adventure

[rynoandliam]

@aannijibabi Hell yes

[galtsgulca]

These bacteria do not look like they are operating as gears. It looks like the bacteria are being moved by the circulation of the surrounding fluid and not by the other bacteria.

[uhhhhme]

lol

[tubester4567]

omg im gonna put some germs in my transmission.

[scrfce123]

I see the gears (poorly designed, yet excellently fabricated), but I don't see the bacteria.

When developing a practical application for this technology, whats to guarantee that the bacteria will spin the gear sets in the desired direction?

[Trigger200284]

watch the video again, if you were noticing like the rest of us the bacteria are in colonies in the backround moving around, and who cares if its practical right now. what if its practical in the future?

[scrfce123]

LMAO. I see some squiggles here and there, but they are poorly defined. These may very well be colonies of bacteria, however, I was offering my critique on the vid - ie, indicating that the bacteria lacked definition.

Also, I know it is beside the point at this stage, but how can something mechanical which cannot be governed prove practical?

[Trigger200284]

what about nano machinery? maybe they are just showing that it is possible to develope items on a nano scale, and for funzies they decided to put 2 gears together and watch something incredible that your grandfather wouldnt have thought about for a second in his life, this pays dividends 10 fold, to how far we've come, and it will be practical, just cause it isnt governed now, why can't it be governed later? your trolling something you know little about

[scrfce123]

They did it for funzies? Thats why I said, and quote ' I know it is beside the point at this stage'...

What I'd like to know is why my comment bothers you so much? Furthermore, I'd also like to know how you are even the slightest bit more qualified than me?  What provides you with the basis to state that I know little about the subject.?

[Trigger200284]

because your obviously a douche, and your comment about "poorly designed, yet excellently fabricated" , has given me the idea that someone should hassle you, seeing as how you could do it better

[scrfce123]

I am a douche? You dont even know me... You stand against free speech and critique. Therefore, you are unequivically the bigger douche.

For you to be so offended by my critique, It would normally be assumed that you have a stake in the tech. Ofcourse, I am certain that this isn't the case. My question to you is, would you donate your own cash/resources towards this type of research? If not, then shut the fuck up.

[theseawillrise]

You sound like a pretty big idiot to me.

[dber229]

if they cant wipe butts yet im not impressed either

[Bugstomper2]

Can they wipe my butt too?

[Armzda]

damnnn

[KizZamP92]

wow xD