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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. Re:Sorry... I don't drink... by Gordonjcp · · Score: 0, Troll

    Good luck with the diet, you fat bastard ;-)

    Seriously, at least you're making some effort to lose the weight, and managing it. I mean, 75lb is about 30kg to the rest of us - as of your linked FAQ you're not so very far off half way there (assuming you're looking to get to about 90-odd kg).