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When a ladybug takes flight, its wings spring open within a tenth of a second—faster than a blink of an eye. And once unfurled, those wings remain open, allowing them to flap quickly without risk of folding or buckling. These properties make the colorful little beetles a great source of inspiration […]
Inspiried by the way bats use sonar to echolocate, a team added a sonar device to walking canes that emits high pitched sounds that are too high for the human ear, and detects the waves that bounce off of objects up to 3 meters away. If an […]
Scientists have developed a new gene-therapy technique by transforming human cells into mass producers of tiny nano-sized particles full of genetic material that has the potential to reverse disease processes. The technique takes advantage of exosomes, fluid-filled sacs that cells release as a way to communicate with other cells. This new […]
A bioinspired robotic flapping mechanism was designed to mimic the fast motion of impulsive jumping animals. A theoretical model is developed to predict the jumping height of various water-exiting bodies, which shows that the mass of the entrained fluid relative to the mass of the body limits the maximum jumping height. […]
Following up on previously reported multi-faceted micro-camera designs inspired by the eye structures of paper wasp specie Xenos peckii, researchers from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) have shrunk their camera stack to a total track length of 740μm.
“New research by neuroscientists uses a unique model — the intricate mating songs of birds — to show how the intrinsic properties of neurons are closely tied to the complex processes of learning.” Observation of neural mechanisms of male zebra finches revealed the effects of imitation-based practice on neurochemistry over time. […]
Researchers at Harvard are developing bio-inspired neural probes. Current probes are inflexible and foreign to the brain’s environment, so they lead to neuroinflammatory responses, loss of neurons, and measurement instabilities. The researchers developed electronics with a soma, neurite, and thin polymer insulation that acted like a myelin […]
Researchers at the University of Washington have recently created RoboFly, a 74-mg flapping-wing robot that can move in the air, on the ground, and on water surfaces. Insect-size robots could have numerous useful applications, for instance, aiding search and rescue (SAR) missions, simplifying the inspection of infrastructures and speeding up agricultural […]
“Taking a cue from birds and insects, researchers have come up with a new wing design for small drones that helps them fly more efficiently and makes them more robust to atmospheric turbulence.” This new modification to smooth contours of the wing allows for better battery life and a safer flight […]
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I imagine that the neurological circuits underlying these processes are governed by both 2d spacing maps with their brains as…
to reduce the impact of car accidents, it may be possible to study the force diverting physics of cockroaches to…
you see this type of head-bobbing stability in many avian creatures related to pigeons like chickens. the head ability to…
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The brain functions in a similar way with neuronal connections. our brains are able to utilize the multiplicity of connections…