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| | | Check it out, boys. I'm tellin ya... just a few more years and we'll see powered armor. (URL) Admiral Muffin Head -- Mark's Lego Creations (URL) (22 years ago, 18-Jan-02, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | | | | Re: the beginnings of mecha —Mladen Pejic
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| | | | | Heh, believe it or not, I saw a link to that site on Ain't It Cool News yesterday. I just knew you would point it out, Mark. ;-) Interesting stuff, maybe it will lead to bigger and better things... i.e. mecha... (...) (22 years ago, 19-Jan-02, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | | | | Re: the beginnings of mecha —Mark Neumann
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| | | | | You know, some time ago I read in Popular science about a cable that when electricity applied contracted. Myomer Cable? Musculature for Mechs? Makes you go, hmmmmm. (22 years ago, 19-Jan-02, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | | | | | | Re: the beginnings of mecha —Curt Tigges
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| | | | | | (...) Yes, it's called nitinol wire, which is a type of "shape memory alloy". When heated with an electrical current, it contracts up to 10% in length. It's contraction strength is nearly 22,000 pounds per square inch. A nitinol wire six thousandths (...) (22 years ago, 19-Jan-02, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | | | | | | | Re: the beginnings of mecha —Eric Sophie
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| | | | | | Ever seen the little kit you can buy, it contains the nitinol wire and enough small bits to create a little hexapod. All you need is solder and an iron. Then you make the little bug with the instructions, apply a current via AA battery and the (...) (22 years ago, 20-Jan-02, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | | | | Re: the beginnings of mecha —Dave Johann
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| | | | | (...) -Tony Stark (22 years ago, 19-Jan-02, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | | | | Re: the beginnings of mecha —Aiyaz Hussain
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| | | | | (...) to the punch. Hope it'll happen oz (22 years ago, 19-Jan-02, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | | | | Re: the beginnings of mecha —Rob Drechsel
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| | | | (...) Rob robo2705@hotmail.com (22 years ago, 20-Jan-02, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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