Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Next Big Future: Artificial muscles with a hundred times higher mec...

Next Big Future: Artificial muscles with a hundred times higher mec...: An international team led by The University of Texas at Dallas has discovered that ordinary fishing line and sewing thread can be cheaply co...



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Very interesting.  You could find some applications for this in space, perhaps.



The muscles are powered thermally by temperature changes, which can be produced electrically, by the absorption of light or by the chemical reaction of fuels. [emphasis added]




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