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Re: Linear Actuators?
SMA or muscle wire isn't like a bike cable. It's wire that remembers it's shape and returns to that shape by heating (usually through electric current) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shape-memory_alloy. A couple of videos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9f-W6Xi_Wo and http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=Mh31B4Ryn9U
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