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MIT’s new nylon muscles could lead to actual Westworld hosts
techcrunch.com ^
| Darrell Etherington
Posted on 11/23/2016 8:10:12 AM PST by BenLurkin
MIT has a new nylon-based artificial muscle-like filament created by researchers that could eventually provide the basis for robots with bulging biceps. The filaments themselves look eerily similar to the ones extruded by the 3D printers used in the opening sequence of HBO’s Westworld, which is why Gizmodo and others are seeing parallels between potential applications of the tech and Westworld‘s lifelike hosts.
MIT’s new solution isn’t the first artificial muscle technology developed, but it is simple and low cost, unlike existing offerings. The researchers developing the tech found that specific types of nylon fiber can reproduce some of the bending and stretching actions of muscles when heated. That’s because they shrink in length but expand in diameter, just like our own muscle fibers do, when heat is applied selectively to one side of the material.
Heating specific areas in sequence made it possible for researchers to create more complex and specific movement patterns, like circles and figure eights. The heat source can be pretty much anything, including electrical resistance, chemical reactions or laser light shined on parts of the filament, allowing for use in a wide range of settings and scales.
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TOPICS: Computers/Internet; Health/Medicine; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: fallout; swynths; synths; technology; westworld
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posted on
11/23/2016 8:10:12 AM PST
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BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
Did somebody say "nylon muscles"?
To: BenLurkin
well... think about the potential applications of this is slightly orgasmic to the enlightened mind!
sorry - i had to be the first to go there.
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posted on
11/23/2016 8:12:43 AM PST
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Frapster
To: KC_Lion; rktman; TADSLOS; Lazamataz; GraceG
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posted on
11/23/2016 8:12:45 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
I don’t think the fake muscles are the hard part.
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posted on
11/23/2016 8:15:06 AM PST
by
discostu
(If you need to load or unload go to the white zone, you'll love it, it's a way of life)
To: BenLurkin
Dolores.
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posted on
11/23/2016 8:21:36 AM PST
by
Enterprise
("Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." Voltaire)
To: BenLurkin
Alright, who is going “black hat” with me?
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posted on
11/23/2016 8:26:16 AM PST
by
Boogieman
To: BenLurkin; rktman; TADSLOS; Lazamataz; GraceG; Gondring
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posted on
11/23/2016 8:27:57 AM PST
by
KC_Lion
(Trump's Iowa Class Battleships have come within striking distance of Hillary shores and opened fire.)
To: Enterprise
What I wonder is, if Dolores is a "prototype", is there another Dolores running around somewhere? Dolores vs Evil Dolores 2.0 showdown coming?
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posted on
11/23/2016 8:29:57 AM PST
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Boogieman
To: Enterprise
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posted on
11/23/2016 8:33:18 AM PST
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BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: Boogieman
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posted on
11/23/2016 8:34:15 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: Frapster
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posted on
11/23/2016 8:35:27 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
Don’t let the people at Disneys animatronics division get ahold of this. Animatronics are the real life science that “Westworld” used as a point of departure for its plot.
CC
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posted on
11/23/2016 8:47:15 AM PST
by
Celtic Conservative
(CC: purveyor of cryptic, snarky posts since December, 2000..)
To: Buckeye McFrog
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posted on
11/23/2016 8:59:53 AM PST
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BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: Boogieman
No way. No Evil Dolores! NOT ON MY WATCH!
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posted on
11/23/2016 9:01:55 AM PST
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Enterprise
("Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." Voltaire)
To: BenLurkin
Dolores is real. I’ve been corresponding with her at meeturlove.org.
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posted on
11/23/2016 9:03:15 AM PST
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Enterprise
("Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." Voltaire)
To: BenLurkin
That’s one mean woman. She shot the Sheriff in the back after he smiled at her and walked away.
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posted on
11/23/2016 9:04:36 AM PST
by
Enterprise
("Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." Voltaire)
To: Enterprise
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posted on
11/23/2016 9:05:44 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
For my fast shrinking demographic this is 'Westworld'.
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posted on
11/23/2016 9:16:45 AM PST
by
fella
("As this iiwas before Noah so shall it be again,")
To: fella
IN A SHOW WITH EVERYTHING BUT YUUUUUL BR...
Oh. Never mind.
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