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    Alcohol-Fueled Robot Muscles

    By johnb, 11:17 AM on Mon May 8 2006, 185 views (Edit, to draft, un-top, Slurp)

    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]

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