#artificialmuscles

[marcngui]

Repairing an Air Protein Fin in Superior City City workers conduct the operation of construction A.N.T.s (Autonomous Networked Things) as they repair a carbon capture coil near Superior City. The line between work and play is at best a fuzzy affair in Central Shield. Every citizen is expected to participate as a member of the Central Shield’s Civic Corps. Duties run the range from simple park maintenance to more complicated activities like construction and engineering of the megastructures. In exchange for their contribution to the well being of the city, the S.A.B reimburses each citizen for their efforts with a biweekly civic dividend (a form of universal basic income). This dividend is calculated such that those with the lightest duties and time commitments receive a generous living wage while those who commit more time and expertise are rewarded with larger payments. #SpeculativeDesign #SolarPunk #Biomimetics #Swarm #3dPrinting #architecture #engineering #robotics #AI #Ants #termites #carboncapture #airprotein #artificialmuscles #simulation #designfiction #FutureParfait #CentralShield #MarcNgui #LakeSuperior #ubi @cphfutures @instituteforthefuture @mcewenarchitecture @wevolver @cornelluniversity (at Terrace Bay, Ontario) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoNelLFpcE5/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[kokorowoutsu]

-- RP: @pokemon-experiments

pokemon-experiments:

He'd be more than happy to show them. So he would take the casing panels off to reveal artificial muscles connected to a device that we're clearly made to fit perfectly to the nodes in his stump. If he had the proper equipment he'dremove the artificialmuscles and show them as much of the inner workings he could. "Alright. So, these legs are made to be as sturdy as possible. And to copy how real legs work." He would flex his other leg to let them see it work. As he did they'd hear the small turning of gears in his other leg as he moved joints around. He point to the connection points and than to his stump that had the surgically implanted nodes. "In order to do that they connect to these lights, and they carry the signal to my legs." He would flex non-existent muscles causing the nodes to light up all over the stump. Than, to show how the muscles moved, he attached the leg, now missing the outer casing, and flexed his leg around d to let them see them work. "Where it attaches it's made to be as comfortable as possible. Allowing for me to wear it indefinitely and use them as if they were no different from my actual legs. But the down side is that if they get damaged I don't feel it. And there is only one person who fully knows how to make them, how they work, and all of the complex inner workings." The next thing he'd do is get up and walk a few feet, turn, and walk back. This was to show the synthetic muscles stretching, clenching, and working the way they should. Ruko hoped that his explanation and demonstration would help. "If my dad was here he could show you each piece of my legs, how they connect to each part, and how the more complex things work."

Now Willow was curious enough to move around to look at her uncle's legs -- the gears turning and the synthetic muscles moving... She desired to learn and know more about anything and everything just like any child, but like Ashe, she seemed... lost. Not able to devote herself to one thing unlike her father who was driven to be a great trainer -- if not the best trainer. Truly she was a different child that had a long road ahead of her... but unlike her mother who had to build that family, she had help all around her to guide and make sure she didn't take the wrong path.

As for the pokemon, they seemed to be communicating in Fae while the fire-types communicated in chirps and churrs as if agreeing on some things. Getting up, Whimsy thanked Ruko by extending her hammer as a means of letting him touch it. Willow got up and explained; "To'ch'n a ham'er is'a si'n o' tr'st 'nd c'm...c'm... c'mrod..." Willow attempted to find the word but she instead tussled her already messed up hair with a growl coming out.

[ Comraderie. ] Tinkerbell called. "Th't!" Willow nodded rapidly. Only if and when Ruko shook the hammer would Whimsy chirp happily before hurrying off with everyone else while Willow eyed Ruko with his plates he had removed. "D' y'n'ed h'lp?" That and she was curious enough to want to try and see if she could solve the puzzle.

( Now that seemed more like a thing Kianga imprinted on her considering Ashe didn't care for puzzles. )

[apothecaryassistant]

As obviated by my increased upload pace, I’ve gotten to the end of another sketchbook and need to offload all this old stuff.

[ultradiyhobby-blog]

Artificial muscles 🤓 so cool ... 😎 #artificialmuscles #muscles #robots #robot #electronics #roboticarm #robotics #duy #maker #fab #doityourself #искусственныемышци #мышци #роботы #робот #электроника #самоделки #пневматика #pneumatics

[quicklycybermoon-blog]

MIT & Harvard Create Affordable Artificial Muscles

MIT`s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory have collaborated with Harvard`s Wyss Institute to create a strong and affordable artificial muscle. Artificial muscles are materials that contract and expand the way muscle fibers do. These materials could potentially find application in the field of robotics, as well as the automobile and aviation industries. The invention could even be used to create robots that could possibly lift up to 1000 times their weight. Artificial muscles have so far been quite expensive to produce. However, engineers have found a simple and affordable way to create an artificial muscle, as reported by MIT News. But how is it possible? The researchers use an ordinary nylon fiber that is being shaped and heated, following specific procedures. It is quite simple, taking no more than 10 minutes, and using materials that cost around $1. The artificial muscle can mimic some of the bending motions that natural muscle tissues can perform. Some polymer fiber materials, including highly oriented nylon, have an unusual property: “they shrink in length but expand in diameter”, when heated, as Seyed Mirvakili, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, told MIT News. Using this property, the researchers can make some linear actuator devices. Nevertheless, a mechanism like a pulley and a takeup reel should be used to turn the linear shrinking motion into bending. What the MIT team did differently was directly harnessing the motion without the use of extra mechanical part. Additionally, the researchers found that the material can maintain its performance after at least 100,000 bending cycles, meaning it is a long-lived material. The researchers explain it simply in the video. More information about the project is available at the following link. Read the full article

[fitness-super-market-blog]

How to make solar toys from poridge packet?!

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[pokemon-experiments]

He'd be more than happy to show them. So he would take the casing panels off to reveal artificial muscles connected to a device that we're clearly made to fit perfectly to the nodes in his stump. If he had the proper equipment he'dremove the artificialmuscles and show them as much of the inner workings he could. "Alright. So, these legs are made to be as sturdy as possible. And to copy how real legs work." He would flex his other leg to let them see it work. As he did they'd hear the small turning of gears in his other leg as he moved joints around.

He point to the connection points and than to his stump that had the surgically implanted nodes. "In order to do that they connect to these lights, and they carry the signal to my legs." He would flex non-existent muscles causing the nodes to light up all over the stump. Than, to show how the muscles moved, he attached the leg, now missing the outer casing, and flexed his leg around d to let them see them work. "Where it attaches it's made to be as comfortable as possible. Allowing for me to wear it indefinitely and use them as if they were no different from my actual legs. But the down side is that if they get damaged I don't feel it. And there is only one person who fully knows how to make them, how they work, and all of the complex inner workings." The next thing he'd do is get up and walk a few feet, turn, and walk back. This was to show the synthetic muscles stretching, clenching, and working the way they should.

Ruko hoped that his explanation and demonstration would help. "If my dad was here he could show you each piece of my legs, how they connect to each part, and how the more complex things work."

-- RP: @pokemon-experiments

pokemon-experiments:

He chuckled a bit about the confusion of making Mewtwo a spoon. "She had seen where people had drawn him with a comically large spoon on her mother's computer. So she wants to give him the very large spoon." With that said he would carefully remove one of his legs and set it down. If any of them wanted to look at it he'd be okay with that. As long as they didn't try to take it apart without the proper tools. He was no smith by any means. If anything he understood the chemical side of things. How to make various alloys and steel. Also how to get a forge to redicously high temperatures. So if they needed any help with that he'd be more than happy to help them out. "I'll probably go when my niece is ready. For now, I'll rest and take in the dense fae energy. Maybe get to know your team and answer any questions they might have." He would than lean back against the wall and close his eyes using Aura Sense to take in everything around him. It was nice to meet more residents of the ranch, though it would mean expanding his patrol area.

[ Mighty kind of you. Well, if that's what you're after, i'll get everyone to work. ] With that, she picks up her hammer and gives a rallying cry. Everyone turns, running over, minus Ruko and Willow of course as in Fae, Tinkerbell explains to the pokemon what Willow wanted and why, as well as Ruko's offer to study the machinery -- but no taking.

Willow hurries over to her uncle, grabbing hold of his arm and picking up on the bits of Fae, explains in her broken Unovan as best she can that Tinkerbell is just reiterating things spoken before. Once all had been said, the pokemon let out a rallying cry before hurrying off with multiple pieces of parchment of this large 'spoon' to get started on the various bits and pieces of it.

A few Tinkatink approached Ruko, putting their hammers down and motioning to his legs. "Th'y w'n'a s'e h'w y'ur l'gs w'rk, Unkwool." Willow explained, releasing him now and waiting for him to get up, the several Tinkatink eager to see how he moved and for the sounds in particular.

Tinkerbell kept an eye nearby, setting her hammer down, watching over her forge closely, but mostly to make sure Ruko and Willow weren't bombarded.

[ultradiyhobby-blog]

Artificial muscles ... Part 2 ... 😎 #artificialmuscles #muscles #robots #robot #electronics #roboticarm #robotics #duy #maker #fab #doityourself #искусственныемышци #мышци #роботы #робот #электроника #самоделки #пневматика #pneumatics

[ultradiyhobby-blog]

Artificial muscles 🤓 so cool ... 😎 #artificialmuscles #muscles #robots #robot #electronics #roboticarm #robotics #duy #maker #fab #doityourself #искусственныемышци #мышци #роботы #робот #электроника #самоделки #пневматика #pneumatics