Aces High Bulletin Board
General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Pongo on October 15, 2002, 01:39:06 PM
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Number one...
Working with polypyrrole—-the polymer of choice for most artificial muscle research—-Madden and Swager have engineered molecules that undergo a fundamental change in their structure when a voltage is applied. The new molecules go through an accordion-like deformation, stretching out and becoming highly elongated, then buckling in. On a larger scale, this movement mimics that way mammalian muscles work, which is why Madden and his colleagues are so excited. The material created from these molecules looks nothing like human muscle. The thin, black ribbon feels almost like electrical tape. But, "these materials are 100 times stronger than mammalian muscle," Madden claims, with guarded enthusiasm. Guarded, because these results haven't yet been
published.
Number two.
Belle [The monkey] wore a cap glued to her head. Under it were four plastic connectors. The connectors fed arrays of microwires--each wire finer than the finest sewing thread--into different regions of Belle's motor cortex, the brain tissue that plans movements and sends instructions for enacting the plans to nerve cells in the spinal cord. Each of the 100 microwires lay beside a single motor neuron. When a neuron produced an electrical discharge--an "action potential"--the adjacent microwire would capture the current and send it up through a small wiring bundle that ran from Belle's cap to a box of electronics on a table next to the booth. The box, in turn, was linked to two computers, one next door and the other half a country away.
All they need is the diamond armour and we have a battle mech.
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This is so cool, I have been waiting for a long while for mechanical scientists to mimic bio muscle movement for their newer inventions, and it seems its finally happening.
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Number 2 is what we in the US call "Dade county voters"....:D
Sorry, hi-jack over, resume science talk.
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The future is NOW!
Any signs of a Guass Rifle soon? :eek:
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I believe the techonlogy behind a PPC is allready in existance.
I should have put a note in about the ABM laser as well. combat lasers will be in fighters in a decade probably.
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LRM 20 (hydra missiles), Ultra Autocannon 20 (30mm GAU8 avenger), we already have the basics!!!
all we need now are large lasers (the blue ones) and I'll build myself a Timberwolf or Maddog (notice that I use clan names)
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There are only two weapons I generally used. Medium Lasers, and LRMs. Run in with medium mechs with the lazers. Used the Heavys and Assaults for the support. Worked like a charm.
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Sorry guys a a person with a degree in "Packaging Eng." Anyone in the polymer industry have known about these polymer properties for quite some time this is nothing new.
Now the monkeys brain shoot i use to work with all kinds of monkeys in the lad at college but i called them my partners!
But seriously the polymer thing is true and they can produce some seriously strong muscle mimicing polymers!
Box
P.S. for you who will come to rip on me and ask what is "PACKAGING ENGINEERING" all i will say is no i dont work for UPS FED-EX or BAG GROCERIES.
and the only time you get any product that has not benn "PACKAGED" is if you pick it off the tree/bush!!
and please dont be so ignorent..............
.;) :D
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Aaah yes an Atlas packed to the gills with medium lasers was my ride of choice. I'd regulary explode Catapults with my first volley.
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Ah Christ, now we got a geeky Mech tech thread going...:rolleyes: :cool:
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I was always kinda fond of the Behemoth... but then, I liked to sit back and pop folks from long range while the small/meds did all the distracting :D
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I heard over the radio a month or so ago.. that someone has managed to find a way to make diamond from errmm a cadaver.. be it human or pet...
SERIOUSLY...
I never did follow up and find out any more on the subject... my folks have a few years to go yet..
SKurj