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Toad Tongues Are a Key Ingredient in Robot Muscles

No longer will the word "robotic" refer to stiff, slow movements. We'll soon have 'bots that can pull a Miyagi and snatch a housefly out of the air with chopsticks, or, better yet, Robot Mixed Martial Arts Cage Matches! Robots are developing super-flexible physiologies thanks to current research into biomechanics, which suggest that artificial muscles work best when made to imitate a toad's tongue or a human ankle. More »

8:00 AM on Tue Jun 3 2008
By Ed Grabianowski
822 views, 11 comments

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Scifi And Kung-Fu: The Ultimate Team-Up

Science fiction and martial arts totally belong together. After all, they both involve a deep introspection and awestruck contemplation of our place in the universe. Oh, and nothing improves a story about robots and aliens more than people kicking each other in the head. Yet, shockingly enough, scifi and kung-fu only really found each other pretty recently. What took so long? We investigate — with our fists of blood. More »

11:00 AM on Mon Apr 28 2008
By Charlie Jane Anders
2,869 views, 43 comments