Liquid Metal 3D Structures Have Been Developed

[starwarp2000]

I know I really don't have to ask you readers this, but do you remember in Terminator 2: Judgment Day how Robert Patrick's T-1000 was made out of liquid metal, which allowed him to shapeshift, survive massive head wounds, and be completely melted down before nonliquifying himself back into human form? It was only the coolest thing to happen on film in 1991. But thankfully it wasn't the kind of act that children at home tried to copy. Mom would be all like, "Who used up all the liquid nitrogen?" and the kid would be all like, frozen to death.

Over at North Carolina State University, they're working with free-standing liquid metal structures created by 3D printing technology they developed, and they're making them in two different ways. Just free-standing liquid metal structures? Wake me up when we get to the good part, am I right? (Pardon my sarcasm.) The research group's amazing study was published in the journal Advanced Materials.

http://www.giantfreakinrobot.com/scifi/liquid-metal-3d-structures-developed.html

[1Worldwatcher]

Starwarp,

Very cool indeed, I am very interested in the memory metals applications and the advancement there of. A few months back, I had posted a new find with in the research of these researcher's actually taking the molecular structuring and creating their own metals to be applicable with in different uses and environments.

Seems that they are acquiring the information that I had originally anticipated with the research, and for this to be acquirable, it would be a game changer for sure with in technologies and other applications there in of for such materials.

My original Article posted with in Inventor's Groups:
Topic: Scientists Use Mathematical Shortcut to Create New Metals

Something too keep one's eye on for sure, thanks for the update.

1WW