Basics and Bacteria
Biomimicry
What is developing designs form nature?
Determines an ant's overall behavior
What are interactions with nearby ants?
cold light
What is created by mixing chemicals inside the firefly?
This robot can continue walking even after flipping over
What is a small, multi-leg robot based on an insect?
Plant based protiens
What generates a useful electrical current?
How do microscopic life forms propel themselves?
mentioned in Exodus 10:4
What is the locust?
after moving through a micro lens, then a hollow column, light meets a photoreceptor
spider silk
What material can improve bulletproof vests to suspension cables?
using saws to cut horizontally through a tree
How were trees harvested prior to the chainsaw?
Bacterial batteries
What are energy-producing microorganims?
Rocket fuel and the bombardier beetle use this
What is Hydrogen peroxide?
faint vibrations
How do grasshoppers and moths have sensitive hearing?
This species gives an advantage to efficient architecture
What is the Macrotermes michaelseni?
This insect digs its feet into water generating tiny swirls
This can prevent dogs from cholera infection
What are biofilms?
The process used to mimic light wave properties of this lepidopteran
What is the butterfly effect?
Water droplets overcome electrostatic forces and roll down my back
How does the beetle collect drinking water?
Oregon chain
What is another name for the chipper chain?
generate a rapid light in synchronization
What is a unique species of firefly?
these can be grown into useful shapes
What are designer diatoms?
Unique physical feature of the dragonfly
What are four distinct wings?
small hearing aids
What can come from studying the fly?
What was made from cotton and linen rags and in limited quantity?
includes a rotor, propeller, and bidirectional drive
What is the micromotor?