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Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a new method that doesn’t require any special equipment and works in just minutes to create soft, flexible, 3D-printed robots. The innovation comes from rethinking the way soft robots are built: instead of figuring out how to add soft materials to […]
Biology is the most advanced manufacturing technology on the planet. Every day, synthetic biologists around the world make progress in a quest to leverage nature’s genius as a manufacturing tool and to make biology easier to engineer. This week, World Economic Forum Tech Pioneer Zymergen introduced Hyaline, a new bio-film for […]
The redox flow battery (RFB) is a promising technology for the storage of electric energy. Many commercial RFBs are often based on acidic vanadium electrolyte solutions that have limitations regarding stability and energy density. Here, a new approach is presented that is inspired by nature’s electron storage, i.e. iron–sulfur clusters [Fe4S4(SR)4]2−.
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We are familiar with drones that look high-tech but rather robotic, sprouting multiple sets of rotors or with long, imposing, fixed wings. Yet the UAVs of the future might look less like vehicles and more like insects, birds or even bats. Here we look at three nature-inspired examples.
Composites combine the desirable properties of several materials to exhibit enhanced physical, chemical, and mechanical properties that are different from their individual constituents. Some high-performance materials have been developed using this method. In the automobile, marine, and aerospace industries, such composites play key roles as they provide light-weight, superior mechanical and […]
A new anti-reflective coating inspired by the compound lenses in moth eyes could help boost the efficiency of solar cells and sharpen the view of image sensors. Nature provides an alternative design strategy for an affordable, broadband antireflective coating. Nocturnal moths navigate under the dim light of the moon and stars […]
The new wing replaces the smooth contour found on the leading edges of most airplane wings with a thick flat plate and a sharp leading edge. Counterintuitive as it may seem, it turns out that the design has distinct aerodynamic advantages at the scale of small drones. In a paper published […]
Simple methods for the collection and transportation of water droplets can solve complex problems, but developing technologies to achieve this is a challenge. To this end, widespread attention in recent years has focused on the preparation and application of superhydrophobic surfaces. Inspired by […]
All engineering systems that move through fluids can benefit from a reduction in opposing forces, or drag. As a result, there is a significant focus on finding new ways to improve the lift-to-drag ratios of systems that move through fluids. Nature has proven to be an extremely beneficial source of inspiration […]
Adaptive systems are composed of different heterogeneous parts or entities that interact and perform actions favouring the emer- gence of global desired behavior. The system should self-organize and continue performing their goals so, entities must self-evolve and self-improve by learn- ing from their interactions with the environment. This paper describes existing […]
Abstract: Hummingbirds are well known for their ability to sustain hovering flight, but many other remarkable features of manoeuvrability characterize the more than 330 species of trochilid. Most research on hummingbird flight has been focused on either forward flight or hovering in otherwise non-perturbed air. In nature, […]
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to reduce the impact of car accidents, it may be possible to study the force diverting physics of cockroaches to…
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not like they taught horses how to run! this is an example of convergent evolution where both sea creatures and…
The brain functions in a similar way with neuronal connections. our brains are able to utilize the multiplicity of connections…