Flutterby™! : Fishing line artificial muscles? 2014-02-21 20:42:09.06319+01

Fishing line artificial muscles?

2014-02-21 20:42:09.06319+01 by Dan Lyke 0 comments

This looks very interesting: ABC Science: Spun fishing line turned into muscle, the approachable article version of Science: Artificial Muscles from Fishing Line and Sewing Thread. Via /..

So... nichrome & monofilament muscles, maybe? Guessing you can't wrap the heating element in monofilament, but maybe wrap the twisted monofilament in the heating element? So much you could do with a super cheap linear actuator...

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