Carbon nanotubes make artificial muscle - Electricity flexes strong, bendy aerogel.

Nature News ^ | 19 March 2009 | Katharine Sanderson

[neverdem]

This actually important to me as a bit of an inventor.

Can I get a finder's fee, please?

[Squantos]

Eternal gratitude should get ya through ......:o)

Good stuff !

Thanks for the ping !

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks neverdem.

The stretched out muscles can be frozen in position by placing them on to a substrate. This may allow them to be used as a transparent electrode that could sit atop a solar cell, with the nanoscale pores in the material helping to trap or channel the electrons generated, says Baughman. And a tiny amount of the material would go a long way. "One ounce of this material would cover an acre," he says.

"Maxwell's Demon" ping.

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[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Writeup from Wired:

Carbon Nanotube Muscles Strong as Diamond, Flexible as Rubber