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- 3D Printed Mechanical Muscle Has a Heartbeat Powered by Yeast Fri, 22 Feb 13, 4:30amIf the Tin Man were looking for a modern heart instead of an oversized pocket watch, it might look a little something like this. Scientists at the University of West England in Bristol have fabricated a 3D-printed pump that...
- First Self-Sustaining Biomass Bot Eats, Excretes, Runs for a Week Wed, 21 Jul 10, 3:19amThe premise of any science fiction movie worth its salt is robots operating without human supervision for long stretches of time. (Those pesky robots do get into trouble, don’t they?) Researchers at the UK’s Bristol...