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'Liquid metal' scientific breakthrough...


means shape-shifting robots could be possible...

 

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Australian researchers are looking at 'soft-circuit' metals that could one day lead to the real-life creation of the T-1000 robot from Terminator 2


In 1991, one of the most terrifying villains on the big screen was the shape-shifting T-1000 robot from Terminator 2.


Jump forward 25 years, and a new scientific advancement means the scary science-fiction baddie could one day become a reality.


The brains at RMIT University in Melbourne are creating liquid metal, and believe that one day it could be programmed to move and rearrange itself as necessary.


They are building what's known as a "soft-circuit" system that passes information through liquid rather than the fixed metallic circuits on a standard chip.
Terminator 2

 

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The T-1000 liquid metal baddie from Terminator 2


“We adjusted the concentrations of acid, base and salt components in the water and investigated the effect," said Professor Kourosh Kalantar-zedah who leads the team.


"Simply tweaking the water's chemistry made the liquid metal droplets move and change shape, without any need for external mechanical, electronic or optical stimulants."


"Using this discovery, we were able to create moving objects, switches and pumps that could operate autonomously – self-propelling liquid metals driven by the composition of the surrounding fluid.


“Eventually, using the fundamentals of this discovery, it may be possible to build a 3D liquid metal humanoid on demand – like the T-1000 Terminator.”


Terminator


Thankfully for Schwarzenegger and the rest of us concerned by the T-1000's killing spree, the experts say a full liquid metal robot is still a long way off.


Professor Kalantar-zedah said the level of programming needed would be far more complex than what professionals are used to doing at the moment.


The findings of the experiment have been published in the scientific journal Nature .

http://www.mirror.co.uk/science/liquid-metal-scientific-breakthrough-means-8568142

 

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