Nylon fibers made to flex like muscles

Engineers have found a simple and inexpensive new approach to creating bending artificial muscle fibers. Artificial muscles — materials that contract and expand somewhat like muscle fibers do — can have many applications, from robotics to components in the automobile and aviation industries.

(via WSJ)

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