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== Background ==
== Background ==
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In fields such as nano-scale robotics and manufacturing researchers have encountered problems in generating motion and force reliably. In recent years many attempts have been made at using micro-organisms to create useable mechanical force. Since microorganisms have adapted ways of efficiently creating movement in nanoscale environments, they pose an interesting alternative to conventional mechanical devices as means of driving nanoscale machines, much in the same way that animals have been used in agriculture and production in the past. Different approaches have been taken including using swimming bacteria to drive microgears[https://2010.igem.org/Team:SDU-Denmark/project-i#References (1)], move objects[https://2010.igem.org/Team:SDU-Denmark/project-i#References (2)] and to generate organised flow on surfaces and in pump-like systems[https://2010.igem.org/Team:SDU-Denmark/project-i#References (3)],[https://2010.igem.org/Team:SDU-Denmark/project-i#References (4)]. Different attempts at introducing remote control in such systems have also been made using magnetism[https://2010.igem.org/Team:SDU-Denmark/project-i#References (5)], chemical signalling[https://2010.igem.org/Team:SDU-Denmark/project-i#References (6)] and light[https://2010.igem.org/Team:SDU-Denmark/project-i#References (7)]. It seems obvious how synthetic biology might contribute by creating systems for these purposes.
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In fields such as nano-scale robotics and manufacturing researchers have encountered problems in generating motion and force reliably. In recent years many attempts have been made at using micro-organisms to create useable mechanical force. Since microorganisms have adapted ways of efficiently creating movement in nanoscale environments, they pose an interesting alternative to conventional mechanical devices as means of driving nanoscale machines, much in the same way that animals have been used in agriculture and production in the past. Different approaches have been taken including using swimming bacteria to drive microgears[https://2010.igem.org/Team:SDU-Denmark/project-i#References (1)], move objects[https://2010.igem.org/Team:SDU-Denmark/project-i#References (2)] and to generate organised flow on surfaces and in pump-like systems[https://2010.igem.org/Team:SDU-Denmark/project-i#References (3)],[https://2010.igem.org/Team:SDU-Denmark/project-i#References (4)]. Different attempts at introducing remote control in such systems have also been made using magnetism[https://2010.igem.org/Team:SDU-Denmark/project-i#References (5)], chemical stimuli[https://2010.igem.org/Team:SDU-Denmark/project-i#References (4)] and light[https://2010.igem.org/Team:SDU-Denmark/project-i#References (6)]. It seems obvious how synthetic biology might contribute by creating systems for these purposes.
== The Idea ==
== The Idea ==

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