# First nanomotors created

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**Created:** [October 31, 2003, 12:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/first-nanomotors-created/93472 "2003-10-31T12:16:22Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 31, 2003, 12:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/first-nanomotors-created/93472/1 "2003-10-31T12:16:22Z")

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> **[BBC NEWS | Technology | Nanomotors realise visionary's dream](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3224329.stm)**
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> US scientists develop molecular-scale motors, first envisioned by nanotechnology's "prophet" Richard Feynman.

> Researchers at Berkeley at the University of California created the world’s smallest electrical device earlier this year - one hundred million of which could fit on the end of a pin.

powered by static electricity, quite a big step towards nanobots becoming a reality

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