Biomimetics is the field of study where animals provide the inspiration for engineering designs that can be exploited by us, quite literally “life mimicking”. It goes to show there is so much basic organismal biology that we don’t know and so much we can learn from observation and experimentation! Read the full article in New Scientist.
Mantle tip to Cephalopod Tea Party.
Freaking awesome. I hope they can eventually make prosthetic arms with this. Dr. Octo!