NanosteroidsBy Joman ChuCOSMOS Cluster 2Engineering the Future: Robotics, Nanotechnology

What are Nanosteroids?

• Not Chemical Steroids

• Intelligent Nanorobots

• Diamond Age’s Nanostimulators

Why would we use it?

Alexander Danielsson(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Dsc0047.JPG)

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• Strength

• Bodybuilding

Increase Muscle Mass

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How do muscles work?

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How do muscles grow?

• Resistance Training• Creates small tears in the

muscle fiber• Overcompensation in

repairs leads to more sacromeres

• Nanobot• Needs to create small

tears

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Requirements for Muscle Building Nanobot

• Size: < 5 microns

• Cutting tool

• Communication

• Special Program

• Differentiate between other cells and muscle cells

Nanorobots and Bodybuilding

• Objective: “develop and maintain an aesthetically pleasing body and balanced physique” (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/bodybuilding)

• Special program

Advantages and Disadvantages

• Advantages• Larger muscles from no work at all

• Disadvantages• Intense soreness• Loss of other advantages to exercise

Legal Implications

• Steriods Trafficking Act of 1990• Cheating• Harmful Side Effects

• Nanorobots• Sidesteps harmful side effects• Still Cheating

Sourceshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BodyBuilding

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capillaries

Sen. Joseph R. Biden. Congressional Testimony on October 24, 1990

Neal Stephenson. The Diamond Age.

McArdle, Katch, Katch. Exercise Physiology.

http://newsroom.ucla.edu/page.asp?RelNum=5921

http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=20437

Campbell, Reece. Biology, Sixth Edition.

Pictures:

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http://occawlonline.pearsoned.com/bookbind/pubbooks/campbell6e_awl/medialib/assets/interactivemedia/activities/H49/H4904/st01/H490401.swf

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c0/Skeletal_muscle.jpg

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