Synthetic Muscle Made of Fishing Line is 100 Times Stronger Than the Real Thing
The paper is behind a paywall, but having read the methods and materials, this is a Very Big Deal. The amterials are cheap, the fabrication techniques are low tech enough that you can do it at home with basic tools, and the pwoer delivery is ridiculous. They've demonstrated it working with multi-kilogram weights. I'm going to buy some fishing line.