[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":299},["ShallowReactive",2],{"slug-nanotechnology-fiction":3},{"post":4,"relatedPosts":184,"relatedBooks":298},{"id":5,"date":6,"date_gmt":7,"guid":8,"modified":10,"modified_gmt":11,"slug":12,"status":13,"type":14,"link":15,"title":16,"content":18,"excerpt":21,"author":23,"featured_media":24,"comment_status":25,"ping_status":25,"sticky":26,"template":27,"format":28,"meta":29,"categories":30,"tags":33,"project_category":45,"contact_email_category":46,"yst_prominent_words":47,"class_list":50,"better_featured_image":70,"acf":119,"yoast_meta":128,"_links":131},23407,"2019-03-23T14:00:39","2019-03-23T12:00:39",{"rendered":9},"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F?post_id=23407&_wpnonce=721ebed32f&status=auto-draft&type=post","2023-02-10T11:40:46","2023-02-10T10:40:46","nanotechnology-fiction","publish","post","https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fnanotechnology-fiction",{"rendered":17},"Nanotechnology Will Break The Curse Running Through Generations",{"rendered":19,"protected":20},"\n\u003Ctable style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: #eee; border-top: 4px solid #444;\" cellpadding=\"5px\">\n\u003Ctbody>\n\u003Ctr>\n\u003Ctd style=\"width: 100%;\">\n\u003Cp style=\"color: #555;font-size: 12px;line-height: 14px\">THIS ARTICLE HAS NOT BEEN UPDATED SINCE 2019. THE INFORMATION SHARED IN THE ARTICLE WAS ACCURATE AT THE TIME OF ITS PUBLICATION, BUT IT MAY BE OUT OF DATE NOW. \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fmagazine\">BROWSE OUR LATEST ARTICLES HERE\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Ftd> \u003C\u002Ftr>\u003C\u002Ftbody>\u003C\u002Ftable>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>A fictional tale about the healing power of technology\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The mutation of the CDH1 gene determines the fate of\ngenerations of men in a Czech small town. The great-grandfather\ndies unexpectedly upon returning home from the trenches of the first World War\n– he survives the bullets of the Italian front\nbut gives in after a pint of beer and schnitzel. The grandfather was already diagnosed\nwith an illness, gastric cancer, which required the removal of his entire\nstomach – but his life couldn’t be saved either. His son was luckier, he was\ndiagnosed in time with an early stage hereditary diffuse gastric cancer and had\nendoscopic surgery for nipping the\ncondition in the bud. But what will the grandson do? That’s when nanotechnology\ncomes into the picture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Surviving war trenches, dying from beer and schnitzel\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Janek left a sleepy Czech town in the uniform of the Austro-Hungarian Joint Army in the summer of 1915. His wife and mother couldn’t stop crying for weeks before he left, so by the time they escorted him to the train station, they couldn’t even have tears anymore. He went off to war with their photos, a pack of cigarettes in his trench coat, and a promise that by the time he would come back, his son would be born. His wife, Annie, was six months into her pregnancy. The train hauled and spewed smoke all over the station, and Janek vanished in the cloud of the vehicle heading to Italy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Half a year passed by, and Janek finally received the authorization to go on leave – to see his baby son back in his hometown. His bony figure was clothed in the shreddy and dingy trenchcoat, but at least he survived countless attacks and he could still carry a single cigarette, as well as the photos of his loved ones in his pocket. He returned home with those as his only possessions. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Annie and his mother were all over him: they prepared the best meals they could from their almost empty food storage room, and they expected him to indulge in fine beer and great cuisine. \u003Cstrong>Although he had no appetite at all (which was considered a good sign in times of war) and felt pain in his stomach all the time, he had a beer and schnitzel while watching his baby son sleep. But after a couple of moments, he felt unbearable pain in his stomach and after hours of agonizing, his breath became air\u003C\u002Fstrong>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"457\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F03\u002F1926-JOSEF-SUDEK-Prague-Cityscape-Horse-Carriage-512x457.jpg\" alt=\"nanotechnology\" class=\"wp-image-23420\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F03\u002F1926-JOSEF-SUDEK-Prague-Cityscape-Horse-Carriage-512x457.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F03\u002F1926-JOSEF-SUDEK-Prague-Cityscape-Horse-Carriage.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: www.mfa.org\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Growing\nup without a father runs in the family\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>It never turned out what exactly happened to Janek. His son, Fredrik heard the story countless times and missed his practically unknown father dearly. Shortly after he reached the age of recruitment, Hitler annexed Czechoslovakia and life became utterly regulated according to Nazi rule. Fortunately, Fredrik survived the Second World War, even the street fights of the Prague Uprising at the end of the war. After the years of destruction and constant deprivation, times got more relaxed. He worked in the local beer brewery and in his spare time, helped rebuild houses across town. He married the blond Agneska with laughter that could also be heard in the next town. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>When their third child, Jirí was born, into the setting of socialist Czechoslovakia, he started to feel some pain in his stomach. It came first as a breeze on a chilly November day. Then he started to lose weight and parallelly his appetite, too. Agneska asked him to go to the hospital and get it checked out. He refused and said she was overreacting. After a couple of weeks, he went to the doctor without having to be asked. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>His face was as pale as dismayed his mood. \u003Cstrong>When the physician said he had gastric cancer, he was not surprised, but when the specialist added that the only way to extend his life was a full stomach removal, he went into panic mode. How can you live without a stomach? In the end, his family convinced Fredrik to have the operation. The post-surgery recovery was painful and never seemed to end, but he managed. The end came when he suddenly got an infection in the hospital\u003C\u002Fstrong>. His immune system was not strong enough to survive it. Jirí had to grow up without a father just as Fredrik.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F03\u002FCancer-Runs-In-The-Family-512x384.jpg\" alt=\"nanotechnology\" class=\"wp-image-23411\"\u002F>\u003Cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: www.cancergenetics.com\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>The benevolent shadows of gastric\ncancer\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>As the youngest child of the family, Jirí always had a special place in his mother’s heart – he could practically do anything he wanted. While in socialist Czechoslovakia every youngster’s dream was emigrating to the West, Jirí in his twenties was rather in love with car racing. The sound of howling engines and the smell of newly painted vehicles always had a magnetic effect on him, even in his fifties. That’s when he ended up in hospital after not being able to take a bend in the Tatras. Luckily, his injuries were rather bruises, which healed relatively fast, however, his doctor told him that he should get checked out for signs of hereditary diffuse gastric cancer as his father lost his life due to that disease.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>After the tests came back positive for the condition being in its early stages, he was crushed. Is it fatal? How many years does he have left? Who will take care of his sons and what will happen to his cars? His doctor told him that they luckily caught the diseases early, thus he doesn’t have to have his stomach removed, they could do an endoscopic submucosal dissection to remove the tumor as it has not entered the muscle layer yet. The surgery went well, but his physician recommended that\u003C\u002Fstrong> his sons \u003Cstrong>take a genetic test for the CDH1 gene mutation that causes the particularly silent, deadly disease.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"233\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F03\u002FPathology_Hereditary-diffuse-gastric-cancer-512x233.jpg\" alt=\"nanotechnology\" class=\"wp-image-23409\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F03\u002FPathology_Hereditary-diffuse-gastric-cancer-512x233.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F03\u002FPathology_Hereditary-diffuse-gastric-cancer-768x349.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F03\u002FPathology_Hereditary-diffuse-gastric-cancer.jpg 1049w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: https:\u002F\u002Fgut.bmj.com\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Nanotechnology will step in\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Jirí’s\nsons, Kamil and Bruno can be aware of\nexactly what the condition means and what their risks for the disease are.\nStomach cancer is \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bostonglobe.com\u002Flifestyle\u002F2013\u002F07\u002F22\u002Ffamily-members-with-mutant-gene-opt-for-stomach-removal-surgery\u002Frpkp2im5zV9l0ae5vy6cEN\u002Fstory.html\">the\nsecond-leading cause of cancer death in the world. In the United States, more\nthan 21,500 cases are diagnosed annually, and half of those patients will die\u003C\u002Fa>.\nAlthough hereditary diffuse gastric cancer is relatively rare: around 150\nfamilies worldwide have been identified as carrying the gene mutation –\nalthough countless families haven’t been tested yet. Carriers are at extremely\nhigh risk – between 85-87 percent – of getting stomach cancer – and dying\nwithin the next five years. The disease has only a 28 percent survival rate. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>What options do Kamil and Bruno have? Beyond genetic screening, constant monitoring, and endoscopic submucosal dissection, nanotechnology will join forces fighting against stomach cancer\u003C\u002Fstrong>. \u003Cstrong>In the coming years, microrobots as tiny as hair might be sent to the stomach in tiny digital capsules. When they arrive at the required place, they might precisely dose medication or help destroy cancerous cells. In the far away future, these teeny-tiny robots could even get so small that it would be difficult to see them with a human eye – they might even get a microscopic size and carry out tasks at the cellular level.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Nevertheless, we are not there yet – and it might take many decades until something like a nanobot appears. In one of the most forward-thinking experiments involving a simulation of the human esophagus and stomach, \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fnews.mit.edu\u002F2016\u002Fingestible-origami-robot-0512\">researchers at MIT, the University of Sheffield, and the Tokyo Institute of Technology have demonstrated a tiny origami robot\u003C\u002Fa> that can unfold itself from a swallowed capsule and, steered by external magnetic fields, crawl across the stomach wall to remove a swallowed button battery or patch a wound. Imagine a future where a patient swallows a digital pill with such a monitorable origami robot placed inside of it, which would place drugs in the right place of the stomach. No need for opening up the patient, not even for an endoscope. Hopefully, nanotechnology will develop fast enough so that Kamil’s and Bruno’s sons would not have to grow up without their fathers. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ctable style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: #eee; border-top: 4px solid #444;\" cellpadding=\"10px\">\n\u003Ctbody>\n\u003Ctr>\n\u003Ctd style=\"width: 100%;\">\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>At The Medical Futurist, we are building a community for making a bold vision about the future of healthcare reality today.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ciframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fembed\u002FFIbMejImnxs\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\">\u003C\u002Fiframe>\n\u003Cp>If you’d like to support this mission, we invite you to \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.patreon.com\u002Fthemedicalfuturist\">join The Medical Futurist Patreon Community\u003C\u002Fa>. 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THE INFORMATION SHARED IN THE ARTICLE WAS ACCURATE AT THE TIME OF ITS PUBLICATION, BUT IT MAY BE OUT OF DATE NOW. \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fmagazine\">BROWSE OUR LATEST ARTICLES HERE\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp> \u003C\u002Ftd> \u003C\u002Ftr> \u003C\u002Ftbody> \u003C\u002Ftable> \u003Cp> \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003C!--more-->\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a science fiction fanatic, movies that speculate about the future and depict how robots will be used fascinate me. Some of them describe robots as dumb mechanical machines while others merge them with artificial intelligence. All of their ideas may still become reality. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\u003Ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Coolest Medical Robots in Sci-fi Movies - The Medical Futurist\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fembed\u002F66fYzE2gPZ4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen>\u003C\u002Fiframe>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1) Ender’s Game\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the iconic sci-fi books meant to be on the big screen, Ender’s Game features a surgical robot performing brain surgery on one of the lead characters. The robot was actually designed by Blake Hannaford and his biorobotics team at the University of Washington, which means it was as realistic as possible.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\u003Ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ender's Game (2013) Official Trailer - Harrison Ford, Asa Butterfield\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fembed\u002FvP0cUBi4hwE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen>\u003C\u002Fiframe>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2) Revenge of the Sith\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the third episode of Star Wars, Anakin Skywalker is seriously burnt and loses his legs. Robot surgeons work on him while he is in great pain, enclosing him in Darth Vader’s infamous black armor. Though the robots take good care of the protagonist, why he isn’t anesthetized is anyone’s guess.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\u003Ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Darth Vader - The suit - Star Wars Episode III Revenge of The Sith HD\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fembed\u002FLwDe845aDt4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen>\u003C\u002Fiframe>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3) Prometheus\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Alien prequel featured a surgical robot performing major operations without human control and David, the highly sophisticated android with artificial intelligence. The makers of the movie also released an imaginary advertisement showing why someone in the future might want to buy such robots.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fwatch?v=qgJs7uluwlU\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4) Humans\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The British television series gives a clear picture about a possible future when robot companions live with us. Some robots are depicted as healthcare professionals that can take care of the elderly at their homes. They have pre-programmed protocols and were designed to make sure their charges live a healthy life and get instant help in emergencies. To do so, these robots can measure any health parameters and vital sign by looking at the patient or touching them for a second. They have all of the patient’s medical records which they keep private.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\u003Ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Humans | Series 1 Trailer\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fembed\u002FHU4mwlTUXnc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen>\u003C\u002Fiframe>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">5) Robot&Frank \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In our aging society, it is going to be more and more challenging to take care of the elderly population. The movie focuses on a robot with artificial intelligence that can do this job in an almost human way. An elderly man becomes friends with the robot, even though it does not look like a human being.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">6) Big Hero 6\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The animated movie talks about how we could measure health parameters at home. It features Baymax, the inflatable healthcare companion robot that works as a medical assistant. It describes living with robots in a cute way, focusing on how they could provide empathy instead of the technological barriers to creating them.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\u003Ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Disney's Big Hero 6 - Official US Trailer 1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fembed\u002Fz3biFxZIJOQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen>\u003C\u002Fiframe>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">7) Dr Easy\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This short film starts with Michael, a broken man with a gun, surrounded by armed police. A robot with medical training is dispatched to negotiate. It measures his fear hormones and other quantifiable parameters. But most of all, it tries to persuade the man not to harm himself.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">8) Interstellar \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The TARS robot is an excellent and very unique representation of how a robot armed with artificial intelligence could help us in the future. Its design, the way it interacts with his human companions and the fact that its personality, including honesty and humor levels can be set manually make it the most mature depiction of the future of robots. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\u003Ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"TARS & CASE Interstellar\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fembed\u002FwVEfFHzUby0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen>\u003C\u002Fiframe>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">9) Moon\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The robot GERTY works closely with the character played brilliantly by Sam Rockwell and possesses artificial intelligence. 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