November 9th, 2005
We can rebuild him, we (almost) have the technology
by: Alex

Conductive polymers that contract when conducting current have been around for awhile, but they contract too slowly to be of any practical use as actuators.  New research from MIT shows that, theoretically, polymers could be made that contract about one thousand times faster than human muscles.

I’m no Lee Majors, but I can’t wait to be the $6.95 man.

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Info: Posted November 9th, 2005  in Medical, Nanotechnology, Robots, Science and Technology


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