Super-Strong Synthetic Muscles Developed

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Saturday March 18, 2006 @09:34PM from the we-have-the-technology-we-can-rebuild-him dept.

Too Hot! wrote to mention a BBC article about extremely powerful synthetic muscles. From the article: "The most powerful type, 'shorted fuel cell muscles' convert chemical energy into heat, causing a special shape-memory metal alloy to contract. Turning down the heat allows the muscle to relax. Lab tests showed that these devices had a lifting strength more than 100 times that of normal skeletal muscle. Another kind of muscle being developed by the team converted chemical energy into electrical energy which caused a material made from carbon nanotube electrodes to bend."

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Re:Yes, but... by Hanthus · 2006-03-18 22:02 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Bush is way more frightening than any third world warlord.
Re:Yes, but... by agent+provocateur · 2006-03-18 22:39 · Score: 0, Offtopic

For gods sake get a grip... they use guns and horses in Darfor because thats all they can afford and they work plenty well enough.

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