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Shape Shifters: Shape-Memory Alloys and Polymers

In this video excerpt from NOVA’s "Making Stuff: Smarter", host and New York Times technology columnist David Pogue visits Virginia Tech, where scientists are developing an artificial jellyfish that will act as an inconspicuous motion-detecting buoy for the Navy. The jellyfish is propelled by a shap

ScienceCasts: Synthetic Muscles

ScienceCasts has passed 200 episodes! Tell us in the comments which has been your favorite! NASA supported researchers are working on Synthetic Muscles that could be used to create humanoid robots for space exploration. Visit http://science.nasa.gov/ for more. http://www.nasa.gov/station Click h