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Alcohol Powered Muscles

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the bender-would-approve dept.

ianchaos writes "In an article on ScienCentral News, Scientists at the University of Texas are using alcohol to power artificial muscles. From the article: 'Usually the only alcohol-powered muscles are the ones in barroom brawls, but one scientist is adding alcohol to artificial muscles to power robots and more.'"

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  1. Bender had it right! by Winlin · · Score: 5, Funny

    Or these researchers have been watching just a bit too much Cartoon network.

  2. Bender Comments by Council · · Score: 5, Funny

    And that, children, was when Slashdot's ratio of non-Bender-related comments to Bender-related comments began its inexorable slide toward zero.

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  3. Did you really need a scientist? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I could have told you that alcohol makes you stronger and more confident. Do they really need a scientist to figure that one out?

  4. The old joke may finally come true.... by Malor · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Beer, stat! There's too much blood in my alcohol supply!"

  5. Re:Well... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    no need for the quotation marks. the anal sphincter is actually a muscle.

  6. That must mean... by kitsunewarlock · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...Chuck Norris' sweat must be like 198 proof.

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    1. Re:That must mean... by SnprBoB86 · · Score: 4, Funny

      **WHOOSH**

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  7. Well known fact by edwardpickman · · Score: 5, Funny

    There's a blanket term for this, we're called Irish.

  8. Re:Futurama by ViETO · · Score: 4, Funny

    I do believe you haven't read the first 100 posts then.