Chapter 43 Web Sites



  • Artificial Muscle Project
    Development of effort linear actuators based on polymer hydrogels with characteristics similar to human muscle, able to undergo reversible length changes in response to chemical stimuli.
  • Human Skull QTVR
    Presents QTVR movies of selected skull bones.
  • The Science of Motion
    Basic information on locomotion. Some animals used in studies of locomotion at Univ. California-Berkeley.
  • The MIT Leg Laboratory
    MIT Leg Lab Home Page.
    Simulation of various types of locomotion.
  • Osteogenesis Imperfecta and Hearing Loss
    The main problem for someone with Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI) is broken bones. Because their bones fracture so easily, OI is also known as the "brittle bone disease". It has also been called "van der Hoeve's syndrome", after one of the first doctors to study it.
  • Frequently Asked Questions about Aerobics
    The Borg scale of perceived exertion is another way of determining how hard you are working. Using your own subjective Rate of Perceived Exertion (RPE) on a scale of 6-20 or a scale of 0-10, you determine how hard you feel you are working.

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