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Boston Dynamics: The Leader in Lifelike Human Simulation
Completely crazy robots, including sensors for joint position, joint forces, ground contact...
Abstract | Smells like home: Desert ants, Cataglyphis fortis, use olfactory landmarks to pinpoint the nest
Tobias, please check this paper if you have not already read it ... looks very interesting to me (LS)
Robot That Jumps Like A Grasshopper And Rolls Like A Ball Created For Space Exploration
See the video at the end of the article.
Carbon Nanotube Arrays with Strong Shear Binding-On and Easy Normal Lifting-Off -- Qu et al. 322 (5899): 238 -- Science
looks like a big step forward ... any comments Tobias? - LS +++ surely is a huge technological success. didn't look into details yet - TSe
PLoS ONE: The Fastest Flights in Nature: High-Speed Spore Discharge Mechanisms among Fungi
Tobias have a look at this! 180 000 g acceleration!! LS
The Humboldt squid beak: Diamond-sharp mystery of the briny deep
There are many weird things about the giant Humboldt squid, but here’s one of the strangest: Its beak. The squid’s beak is one of the hardest organic substances in existence
NASA's 'electronic nose' could sniff out cancer - tech - 29 August 2008 - New Scientist Space
maybe this would be worth looking into along with our biomemetic idea
German scientists develop nerdiest brain-computer interface yet - Engadget
also interesting for us? looks weird ...
Northrop Grumman lands contract to develop threat-sensing binoculars - Engadget
Darpa again ... anything new? does not look so to me ...
Bionik: Geniales Design aus der Natur - Wissenschaft - SPIEGEL ONLINE - Nachrichten
Article on biomimetics. in german.
PLoS ONE: Regulation of the Neural Circuitry of Emotion by Compassion Meditation: Effects of Meditative Expertise
nice study - reminds me of what we wanted to do with joga and hibernation ...
UCLA researchers create self-healing, power-generating artificial muscle - Engadget
Luca and Tobias - have a look at this ... LS
Shrimp Eyes May Hold Key to Better Communications
Tobias - have a look at this!!! LS // I know one of the persons and knew the study - how could we use it? (TSe)
Gecko's tail... a new way of reaching stability. Possible space uses
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http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2008/03/17/ciencia/1205775399.html
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