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Mechanical engineering: How to build machines from liquid metal
- emteycz 5y agoMy computer is a completely still but very useful machine... Otherwise, a little light on details. More like "here's this very high level idea, it's cool, bye".
- randomNumber7 5y agoPretty new idea..... not: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_switch https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_switch
- scoopertrooper 5y agoWhy are people so quick to cynicism? This new use of liquid metal is several orders of magnitude more ambitious than a mere switch.
- patrickwalton 5y agoGood point. Similar situation with compliant mechanisms research. Compliant mechanisms have been around for many decades, but rigorous command of the design of compliant mechanisms has not.
- PostThisTooFast 5y ago[dead]