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My dream is that someone invents a fleet of nanobots that I can put in my mouth that will clean up all the plaque and repair any tooth and gum damage. Just pop them in at night, recall them all back in the morning.


You mean like the microscopic bacteria keeping our teeth healthy described by the article? :-)


Yes but the nanobots wouldn't be killed by my poor diet.


Just add it to our water supply, together with flouride :D


And make them self replicating and you only have to add it once! Grey goo here we come!


Fun idea. Or going even further, have them also take care of your throat, stomach, etc. Just constantly roaming around, maintaining things.


There's an Outer Limits episode that's exactly as you describe. As with all it's episodes, it takes an unexpected twist that was not anticipated.

https://theouterlimits.fandom.com/wiki/The_New_Breed


And if you forget to pay your monthly nanobot bill, they shut you off...


Like your immune system?


Sounds nice on paper, but it would mean somebody could use the same tech for evil things. The reality is that any such tech may set us up for something much worse than covid19.




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