Lego Mind storm: A Helping Hand

At England's Cambridge University, a small team of scientists are conducting experiments about bones, and how to make precise artificial bones. If they succeed, they can make artificial bone implants, and even building materials. However, there is one task that bores the scientists to death: putting a solid object like a bolt into a dish of calcium and protein, then in water, then in phosphate and protein. They then do this again and again. Then, a mechanical engineering PhD student decided to make a robot out of Lego to do the job for them.Because the robots don't need anything but energy, they can go on all night, so that samples are ready in the morning. They also have automatic programming, so it means that they don't have to be told to do anything again and again. It's like anything else natural: simple yet efficient.

I liked this post because of how creative and fun it makes science. I recommend looking further into this if you have a creative spirit and a lot of patience.

http://www.dogonews.com/2012/3/18/lego-mindstorm-robots-become-lab-assistants