• By johnb
    May 8, 2006 11:17 AM 190
    more about

    #booze

    Bad Decisions: Jägermeister 6-Bottle Shot Cooler

    Arkeg Drink-n-Game Cabinet Hides 55 Beers Behind Breakout

    Portable Tap Dispenser: The Partier's Camelback
    read more: #robots, #booze, #muscles, #top

    Alcohol-Fueled Robot Muscles

    University of Texas researches have created a form of "shape memory wire" that expands and contracts when cooled and heated. To make the muscles contract, they coat it in a catalyst that reacts to alcohol and begins to heat up. These muscles can be used in robots or in prosthetic limbs.

    Bender, it seems, wasn't so far-fetched after all.

    Video [ScienceCentral via TheInquirer]


    Contact information for this author is not available.