/technologies/sensor-technology/b/blog/posts/researchers-develop-artificial-cilia-chip-that-could-be-used-in-portable-diagnostic-devicesA physical device contains a thousand artificial cilia hairs. Applying a voltage causes them to bend back and forth, which then pumps fluid at tens of microns per second. ( Image Credit: Ryan Young/Cornell University) Cilia provide many benefits to .en-USTelligent Community 12