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A team of engineers at Cornell has developed an actuator that can function in a similar manner to muscles. The actuator’s design was inspired by octopus tentacles, and doesn’t require any complex parts. It was made using 3D printing and uses pneumatics and pressure differences to control […]
Rolf Mueller, a professor at Virginia Tech, has created a synthetic bat ear device that can determine the origin of any sound it picks up. Mueller was inspired by bats and their echolocation abilities, and focused specifically on the ability of their ears […]
This paper provides a general overview of the potential of bioinspired textile structures by highlighting a few specific examples of pertinent, inherently sustainable biological systems. There are numerous examples of functional surfaces, fibrous structures, structural colors, self-healing, thermal insulation, etc., which offer important […]
How hummingbirds hum is not fully understood, but its biophysical origin is encoded in the acoustic nearfield. Hence, we studied six freely hovering Anna’s hummingbirds, performing acoustic nearfield holography using a 2176 microphone array in vivo, while also directly measuring the 3D aerodynamic forces using a new aerodynamic force platform. We […]
Scientists Adam Spierer and David Rand of Brown University have recently uncovered the genetics behind flies and their amazing ability to fly. Flies rely on their flight for courtship, food, and transportation. Scientists previously knew little about the interactions among genes that allow flies’ flight, but in Spierer and Rand’s new […]
The news article highlights and displays 7 examples of Biomimicry and solutions to human challenges by emulating designs and ideas found in nature. Examples include Bullet trains inspired by Kingfisher birds, Wind turbines modeled after Humpback whales, Antimicrobial film mimicking sharkskin, Harvesting water like the Stenocara beetle, Absorbing shock like a […]
Although there have been significant advances in bio-inspired armor, most protective materials fail to shield joints and other flexible parts of the body from harm. However, researchers have recently looked towards a species of mollusks called chitons for inspiration for a new form of protective gear. These […]
A research team from the University of Science and Technology of China has invented a new bioinspired material that might just be able to replace petroleum based plastics. They were inspired by the hierarchically ordered structure of natural nacre and managed to mimic […]
Scientists at the University of Cincinnati recently found inspiration from a group of marine animals known as cephalopods (squid, octopus, cuttlefish, nautilus, etc.). Cephalopods have the amazing ability to hide from predators by changing colors in a matter of seconds, and researchers at […]
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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…
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…