From the ever-expanding field of biomimetics, here – via Creation-Evolution-Headlines (a site that keeps close tabs on this discipline) – are some of the latest awesome applications; copying God’s design in nature to improve life for all ~
Robot Technology from -> Spiders
The rise of bioinspired microrobots (Science Daily). “Jumping robot spiders and swarms of robotic bees sounds like the stuff of science fiction, but researchers at The University of Manchester are already working on such projects and aiming to lead the world in micro robotics” […]
Unlike humans, our spiders can jump up to six-times longer than their own body length from a standing start. In comparison, the maximum a human can jump is just one and half times. Dr Nabawy says if we can perfect the way spiders jump in robots they can be used for a variety of different purposes in complex engineering and manufacturing and can be deployed in unknown environments to execute different missions.
New Electrodes/More efficient networks of Supercapacitors from -> Tree Branches and Leaves
The branch-and-leaf design in trees maximizes surface area. At a million times smaller scale, could this produce more efficient networks of supercapacitors? Their test model was better in all respects: good news for users of battery-powered devices, like hybrid cars and household electronics […]
In experiments it produced 30 percent better capacitance—a device’s ability to store an electric charge—for its mass compared to the best available electrode made from similar carbon materials, and 30 times better capacitance per area.
New Developments in Microelectronics from -> DNA
As if DNA – and its complex functions – weren’t amazing enough by itself ~
At Arizona State, researchers are finding that “DNA’s remarkable properties of self-assembly and its ability to conduct electrical charge over considerable distance make it ideally suited for myriad applications, including tiny electronic circuits and computing devices, nanorobots and new advances in photonics.”
Speedier Development of New Antibiotics from -> Soil Bacteria
“Streptomycin, chloramphenicol and tetracycline – three of the most widely used antibiotics – were all discovered in soil bacteria. Nature is the grand architect behind a major proportion of modern drugs.”
“Nature” is blind, random and frequently chaotic. The real “grand architect” is our Creator God.
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