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Bionic muscle is 100 times stronger than yours.

By Eva Gladek and Victor Limjoco
May 4, 2006 5:00 AMNov 12, 2019 6:11 AM

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Usually the only alcohol-powered muscles are the ones in barroom brawls, but one scientist is adding alcohol to artificial muscles to power robots and more.

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