The works were enriched by the rubber-limbed and fluid-jointed feats of articulation that distinguish jookin', but each had moments of feeling forced.

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When pressurized water is fed over such an intersection, the pressure pushes down the thin layer of rubber, separating it from the fluid below, and it clamps shut the fluid channel below, like stepping on a hose.

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He got wind of Harvard chemist George Whitesides' success in making tiny fluid-handling devices with the same type of rubber used in household caulk.

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