British scientists invented – or, as some people say, borrowed alien technology of – shape shifting liquid metal. For now, this metal can change its shape into 2d forms, like letters, numbers, or other symbols. But the scientists believe that soon they will be able to force these metals to change 3d shapes. It will be like Terminator 2 came to life.
Researchers at the University of Sussex and Swansea have discovered that they can apply an electric charge to manipulate liquid metal. When it does, the liquid metal is then manipulated into letters and other 2d shapes. The researchers said the results represent a new class of highly promising materials that could be programmed to alter the shape without problems. The researchers stated that this could open new possibilities in the field of soft robotics, along with displays that are able to change shapes.
Morphing liquid metal interpreted in Terminator 2 but not the 3d shapes are very far. When one thinks of liquid metal that is able to change shapes, one of the first things that come to mind is the movie Terminator 2 in which the evil robot transforms from a pool of liquid metal.
Of course, being able to create 3d shapes is still far away. Applications in the near future may include cards that are reprogrammable or conductive ink.
Yutaka Tokuda is one of the researchers working on the project and said that the new programmable materials in the liquid state can be transformed from a simple drop into another complex geometry in a way that is controllable.
The work is in the early stages at the moment but the evidence is convincing of the detailed 2d control of the liquid metal. And this has stimulated researchers to look more into potential applications, such as flexible displays, computer graphics, intelligent electronics, and soft robotics.
The electric fields used to model the liquid metal are created for the first time by a computer, and this makes it possible to program the shapes and positions of the liquid metal and to control it dynamically.
The head of the interact laboratory and the University of Sussex said that liquid metals are very promising materials for the deformable applications. It has been said that, among the long term visions for researchers working on the project, is to alter the physical form, together with the appearance and function of an object through digital control. They aim to create intelligent, useful, and skilled objects that exceed the functionality of any robot or display that is current.
The research is currently being presented at the Brighton ACM Interactive Services and Spaces conference. It is a joint project between Swansea and Sussex and has been funded by EPSRC.
Many UFO researchers claim that this application of programmable liquid metals is to be reconnected to alien technology. In the past, many alien holes, such as the Roswell UFO crash, were the subject of alien retro engineering. Don't forget that one of the metal fragments of the Roswell disc was, coincidentally, a reprogrammable metal.
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