Researchers Create Muscle Fibers Using Fishing Line and Sewing Thread
An international team of researchers created strong artificial muscle fibers from an ordinary fishing line and sewing thread, making it a promising alternative to the synthetic muscles that are normally expensive and weak.
Researchers twisted and coiled a high-strength polymer fishing line and sewing thread to create powerful artificial muscles that could contract and relax.
These inexpensive new muscles can carry hundred times more weight and produce more mechanical power than human or animal muscles of the same length and weight. The power-to-weight ratio of the artificial muscle is similar to that of a jet engine. The new muscles can contract by about 50 percent of their length when compared to the 20 percent by natural fibers.
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