Fringe (TV Series)

Brave New World: Part 1 (2012)

Jasika Nicole: Astrid Farnsworth

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• Dr. Walter Bishop : The escalator is infested with nanites.

  Olivia Dunham : Nanites?

  Astrid Farnsworth : They are microscopic self-replicating robotics. There's a machine that's generating them.

  Dr. Walter Bishop : Despite their itty-bitty size, each of them is capable of storing a tremendous amount of energy, and it would seem they can be overloaded by the bio-kinetic energy stored in the cells of anyone infected.

  Peter Bishop : [bemused]  You mean, these people's movement is what's activating the nanites?

  Dr. Walter Bishop : [snippy]  That's what I just said. And the longer they are in the bloodstream, the more sensitive they become, so that the slightest exertion can trigger the overload.