New materials with interlocking parts can flow like liquid or contract like muscles

https://www.science.org ^ | 16 Jan 2025 | Robert F. Service

[RomanSoldier19]

Chainmail armor made from interlocked metal rings protected warriors for more than 1000 years. A pair of proof-of-concept papers out today in Science demonstrates that the same principle could allow material scientists to create and 3D print new types of flexible yet strong protective fabrics and even artificial muscles.

[RomanSoldier19]

[Libloather]

Glue?

[adorno]

First we get artificial intelligence.

Now we get artificial muscles.

What next?

The whole artificial human?

We met the enemy, and the enemy is us. ;)

[jonrick46]

This would be great therapy for those suffering from paralysis.

[TexasGator]

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[TexasGator]

You left out several dozen other artificial parts that improve life for many.

[TexasGator]

Paralysis is a problem in the nervous system.

[BigFreakinToad]

More like the liquid metal terminator

[adorno]

You left out several dozen other artificial parts that improve life for many.

Like what?

A whole artificial human can't be improved on. It's already got all the parts. ;)