Saturday, August 19, 2006

Artificial Muscles Promise Super Strength

story.armwrestling.jpgWell, Super Strength is one step closer. Not to be outdone by DARPA's robot car contest to test AI, JPL holds a human v. robotic muscle arm wrestling contest. The winner? A 17 year-old girl.

Ok, it's not an auspicious start, but still. Being able to bench press a bull dozer has got to be right around the corner, right?

Carbon nanotube muscles.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Didn't Jean Valjean bench-press a bulldozer in Les Miserables? It's been a while since I read the book, but yah, I think he did that.