Sticky berries adhere with strength and ease
91. Humidity changes exoskeleton color: Hercules beetle
"The Hercules beetle, Dynastes Hercules [sic] L., can change the colour of its elytra—horny fore-wings—from black to greenish yellow and back again to black all within a few minutes. It does this in a way previously unknown among ...
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92. Baleen Filters water filters
The Baleen filter is a highly efficient, non-pressurized self-cleaning separation technology that offers reliable, trouble-free filtration to 25 microns without chemical assistance. Therefore there are o...
93. Fibers keep tall spikes upright: titan arum
"The tall grey spadix [of the titan arum], which is filled with cobweb-like support fibres, becomes flaccid, topples forward and droops over the margin of the spathe. The spathe itself contracts inwards and its upper margins start to twist round t...
94. Joint enables rapid wing flapping: insects
"There is a system in flies, honeybees, and wasps that transforms wing flaps into 'automatic' movements. The muscles that enable flight in these insects are not directly tied to the bones of the body. The wings are attached to the chest with a joi...
95. Elephants bathe themselves with dust.
"Mammals too, particularly bare-skinned elephants, like to bathe in dust." (Engel 2002:120)
96. Sirens feed on small aquatic invertebrates by sucking them into their mouths, bringing debris in with the prey.
Sirens feed on small aquatic invertebrates by sucking them into their mouths, bringing debris in with the prey.
97. Arctic diving with Mor-Fins otter-like
This shows a diver using bio-mimcry based fins in Arctic waters.
98. The lining of blood vessels allow blood cells to move with little resistance.
"[C]ore proteins in the [endothelial surface matrix layer of proteoglycans and glycoproteins that coats the inner lining of our blood vessels] are sufficiently stiff to serve as an exquisitely designed transducer of fluid shear stress to the corti...
99. Glue fibers form underwater: caddisfly
"Like silkworm moths, butterflies and spiders, caddisfly larvae spin silk, but they do so underwater instead [of] on dry land. Now, University of Utah researchers have discovered why the fly's silk is sticky when wet and how that may make it...
100. CAO and SKO design software
CAO (computer-aided optimization) and SKO (soft kill option) software was developed by Claus Mattheck at the Karlsruhe Research Centre in Germany. The CAO and SKO software works with FEM (Finite Element Model) used in engineering design. FEM is a ...
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