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Tom Gheysens

Blinded by speed, tiger beetles use antennae to 'see' while running -- ScienceDaily - 0 views

www.sciencedaily.com/...140211113704.htm

BIO science

shared by Tom Gheysens on 12 Feb 14 - No Cached
  • Tom Gheysens on 12 Feb 14
     
    Speed is blinding. Just ask the tiger beetle: This predatory insect has excellent sight, but when it chases prey, it runs so fast it can no longer see where it's going.
pacome delva

Beetle beauty captured in silicon - physicsworld.com - 1 views

physicsworld.com/...44389

biomimicry beetles electromagnetism

shared by pacome delva on 22 Nov 10 - No Cached
  • Researchers in Canada have created a new material that mimics the brilliant iridescent colours seen in beetle shells. As the eye-catching effect can be switched off with the simple addition of water, the researchers believe their new material could lead to applications including "smart windows".
LeopoldS

Video: Pentagon's Cyborg Beetle Takes Flight | Danger Room | Wired.com - 0 views

www.wired.com/...deo-cyborg-beetle-takes-flight

INF

shared by LeopoldS on 24 Sep 09 - Cached
  • LeopoldS on 24 Sep 09
     
    wow!!!
ESA ACT

Google Image resultaat voor http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2004/07/040729092403.jpg - 0 views

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shared by ESA ACT on 24 Apr 09 - No Cached
  • ESA ACT on 24 Apr 09
     
    IR sensor from the fire beetle
LeopoldS

Flies Evade Looming Targets by Executing Rapid Visually Directed Banked Turns - 4 views

www.sciencemag.org/...172

shared by LeopoldS on 14 Apr 14 - No Cached
  • LeopoldS on 14 Apr 14
     
    any idea how their brain manages this ?
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  • Paul N on 15 Apr 14
     
    the loop might just be in the nervous system and not make it to the brain at all.
  • Robert Musters on 16 Apr 14
  • Thijs Versloot on 16 Apr 14
     
    On this note, there is the stunningly optimised flight path of the Tiger beetle http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140415133815.htm
ESA ACT

The other beetle-hunter : Article : Nature - 0 views

www.nature.com/...4531188a.html

Science evolution BIO

shared by ESA ACT on 24 Apr 09 - Cached
  • ESA ACT on 24 Apr 09
     
    An article on how Darwin and Wallace and how the whole trouble began.
LeopoldS

Toughening mechanisms of the elytra of the diabolical ironclad beetle | Nature - 0 views

www.nature.com/...s41586-020-2813-8

BIO materials

shared by LeopoldS on 24 Oct 20 - No Cached
  • LeopoldS on 24 Oct 20
     
    beautiful paper
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