Snake skin inspired surfaces smash records, providing an astonishing 40 percent friction reduction in tests of high performance materials Snake skin inspired surfaces smash records, p... Read more
You might not need to remember those complicated e-mail and bank account passwords for much longer. According to a new study, the way your brain responds to certain words could be used to re... Read more
A robotic arm that can bend, stretch and squeeze through cluttered environments has been created by a group of researchers from Italy. Inspired by the eight arms of an octopus, the device ha... Read more
Researchers in the US have taken inspiration from nature to create a robotic wing that can recover from mid-air collisions By examining the wings of birds and bats, the researchers, from Sta... Read more
Mimicking a unique water collection-and-release feature found in plants with tiny conical “hairs” or microfibers on the surface of their leaves may enable a technology capable of pulling fre... Read more
For the BionicANTs, Festo has not only taken the delicate anatomy of the natural ant as a role model. For the first time, the cooperative behaviour of the creatures is also transferred to th... Read more
Over a 150 years since it was first described by Darwin, scientists are finally uncovering the secrets behind the super strength of barnacle glue. Still far better than anything we have been... Read more
Based on the mechanisms adopted by birds, bats, insects and snakes, 14 distinguished research teams have developed solutions to some of the common problems that drones could be faced with wh... Read more
The secret lies in the ankle. Walking is tricky business, as any toddler knows. And while most artificial feet and limbs do a pretty good job restoring mobility to people who have lost a leg... Read more
Pitt research team demonstrates gels that can be moved, controlled by light Some animals—like the octopus and cuttlefish—transform their shape based on environment, fending off attackers or... Read more
One of the top ten highlights of the past year, in terms of technology that is inspired by nature. That was how the journal “Bioinspiration & Biomimetics” described a paper by researcher... Read more
