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Sometimes, fatigue disables the hand before the exam is
finished. Consider a "glove" consisting of a dense webbing
of "artificial muscle" fibers and miniature sensors, connected
to a thin central cable that snakes up your sleeve and into a
power supply / computer unit that sits in your shirt pocket.
The
sensors detect initiation of finger motion; the computer activates
the correct fibers. The glove should be transparent or colored
to be indistinguishable from your skin. The main problem in the
design of such a device is adjustment to allow for precision
movements and for differences in individuals' hands.
U.S. military efforts
http://www.natick.a...98/feb/textiles.htm
This article briefly mentions development efforts with artificial muscle fibers for military garments. [beauxeault, Jan 23 2001]
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Baking. The U.S. military is developing garments with artificial muscle fibers, to give soldiers "superhuman" strength and endurance. The linked article only mentions these developments in passing, but I've seen it described in much greater detail in conference presentations. |
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A simpler and more feasible design would be something
akin to the new swimsuits that we saw in the olympics. In
addition to being more aeordynamic (not much of a
problem during exams), the tightness and fit of the
material supported the body in a way, so that the
athletes' muscles didn't fatigue as quickly. |
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