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The nice thing about evolution is that over billions of years, nearly any idea we can come up with has probably been "tried", be it genius or hare-brained (incl
by krylon 11y ago
The nice thing about evolution is that over billions of years, nearly any idea we can come up with has probably been "tried", be it genius or hare-brained (including putting brains in hares).
I remember seeing a program on TV years ago about how giving the hulls of airplanes a rough structure like the skin of a shark reduced their fuel consumption significantly.
So I expect more of these "inventions" to inspire engineers in years and decades to come.
- ThomPete 11y agoI think thats what we call Biomimicry no? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biomimetics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biomimetics
- krylon 11y agoHu. I did not know there was a word for it, but yes, that is exactly what I meant. :)
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