I was about to blog about this story about blind hamsters having their sight restored by nanotechnology, and was going to try and be witty by wondering what the hamsters wanted to see first with their new vision (New England Autumn, Grand Canyon, Paris Hilton's video?), but once I read the story properly, it's too amazing to take the piss out of!

The severed optic nerves were injected with nanites that grouped to form a grid structure, allowing the nerves to regrow. While it's not the mini robots of science fiction, this is the first time I've ever heard of nanotechnology actually do something useful. Past the stage of conjecture, and into reality (even if only in the lab)! Fantastic!!!