SOFT LIQUID METAL MOTOR that is self-powered and shape-shifting. “Just a drop of metal alloy made mostly of gallium – which is liquid at just under 30 °C – with some indium and tin mixed in. When placed in a solution of sodium hydroxide, or even brine, and kept in contact with a flake of aluminium for ‘fuel’, it moves around for about an hour. It can travel in a straight line, run around the outside of a circular dish, or squeeze through complex shapes.”
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022