Their shape, and the electron strain that comes with it, gives them interesting properties that can be taken advantage of for a variety of different applications.

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He studies the material properties of tissue and organs from animals and cadavers to assign shape, size, density, mass and ten or more coefficients that describe how each cube of virtual flesh will deform when confronted with a given force from a given direction.

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