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Nanotech Research Works Toward Artificial Muscles
An anonymous reader writes "Nanotech researchers are developing artificial muscles that convert chemical energy to mechanical energy. This ambitious project aims at making an artificial muscles from conducting polymers and carbon nanotubes that are chemically powered, like natural muscles, and exceed the force generation, contraction and speed of their natural counterpart. This work will lead to advanced limbs for amputees and robots."
Strong muscles without the need to exercise. Sounds like a geek's dream come true huh? Except that one must keep in mind certain dangly appendages that could be torn off if you aren't careful with those new bulging biceps. And what about joints, could they handle the extra stress of markedly increased muscle strength? Like you go to pick up your car and your arms pop out of their sockets. Ouch.
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Myomer. It must be called Myomer.
"This work will lead to advanced limbs for amputees and robots." But not necessarily in that order..
Connecting it to the nervous system, i would say would be the hardest part of this.
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Zaphod Beeblybrox anyone?
At least they could get a realistic way for him to have 3 arms in the movie
We have the technology. We have the capability to make the world's first Bionic man. Steve Austin will be that man. Better than he was before. Better . . . stronger . . . faster.
Clones are people two.
Now the zillionaires don't have to take steroids to cheat! And they can afford to be early-adopters of muscle upgrade procedures!
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those muscle heads when they start pumping iron and they hit an Insufficient Memory error?
until Ganny 1.0 gets her hip and wrist updates to 3.0 and then its a whole new ball game in the walmart january sales.. .
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picture the scene, you tentatively consider that new purchase so marvellously reduced in price when a voice cracks out behind you
"move away from that sale counter sonny, put down the sale item and stand away from the counter. You have 10 seconds to comply..."
yes its Granny 209 , shes armed and dangerous...
And thats why Firecrackers and kittens don't mix.
Plus, this stuff is just the thing for helping me bury the hatchet in the cockpit of an annoying Jenner.
No comments about modding your Real Doll (or robot girlfriend, etc.)? Get with it, people!
I for one welcome our new paraplegic overlords.
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That's one of the biggest differences between man and man-made machines. People can be injured and keep going (watch any Arnold movie). A machine, on the other hand, is pretty much all or nothing (except in Arnold movies).
After I learn all about biology by watching Arnold Schwarzenegger in "Total Recall", I plan to learn all about space travel by watching Bruce Willis in "Armageddon".
I'm sure this can be twisted to somehow upset v|agr@ as the top spam subject.
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I guess this means that I'm going to have to find a nice lumber mill to work in, preferably one with a really good health plan. Actually, I should probably wait until they figure out adamantium.
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