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1 posted on 12/24/2013 9:34:40 PM PST by BenLurkin
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2 posted on 12/24/2013 9:41:14 PM PST by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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This sounds promising.

Hydraulics actually works pretty well. You can transfer enormous power with hydraulics...it’s amazing IMO.
The hydraulic technology can be improved beyond what it is today.


3 posted on 12/24/2013 9:45:43 PM PST by Bobalu (The true secret to genius is in creativity, not in technical mechanics)
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As long as they can be stopped by the .45ACP, we’re good.


4 posted on 12/24/2013 9:49:31 PM PST by RandallFlagg (IRS = Internal Revenge Service)
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Robotics are the wave of the future.


5 posted on 12/24/2013 9:49:31 PM PST by Lurkina.n.Learnin (This is not just stupid, we're talking Democrat stupid here.)
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So.. Caliban in a couple decades?


7 posted on 12/24/2013 10:17:23 PM PST by Darksheare (Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
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"We’ve created a micro-bimorph dual coil that functions as a powerful torsional muscle, driven thermally or electro-thermally by the phase transition of vanadium dioxide?"

If I heard that on Star Trek, I would think the writers were overdoing the pseudo-science talk.

9 posted on 12/24/2013 10:19:20 PM PST by UnwashedPeasant
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Wow, talk about an over-hyped title. The article is a description of a rather modest piece of research, certainly nothing like the article title would lead you to believe.


14 posted on 12/24/2013 11:34:20 PM PST by Scutter
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15 an hour to flip burgers? Not for long.


17 posted on 12/25/2013 5:28:10 AM PST by Tulane
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We’ve created a micro-bimorph dual coil that functions as a powerful torsional muscle, driven thermally or electro-thermally by the phase transition of vanadium dioxide,”

I have no idea what that is but I want one that I can attach to my weed whacker.

18 posted on 12/25/2013 6:42:17 AM PST by VRW Conspirator ( 2+2 = V)
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