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I’m sure everyone remembers watching Arnold fight the T-1000 back in Terminator 2: Judgement Day. In my opinion the coolest thing about that movie was the way the T-1000 could “reform” itself into any shape. Well I now have a new opinion about that… mostly because im not ready to die.

Some crazy Japanese “roboticists” (I didn’t even know that was a profession) have developed a chemical compound that is able to move on its own.

A group of Japanese roboticists, led by Shingo Maeda at the Shuji Hashimoto applied physics laboratory at Waseda University, have created a chemical gel capable of independent motion, similar to that of a caterpillar.

Using a process that combines polymers, the material not only moves on its own, but also can change colors and can be used to perform calculations. According to the scientists involved in the project the morphable material could even one day be used as components of a future robot, thus making the notion of the incredibly scary Terminator T-1000 a real possibility.

Great… im moving to a remote island soon.

via Geekologie