To conquer some of the toughest challenges for 21st century design, manufacturers are turning to an R&D lab 3.8 billion years in the making: nature. To solve its hose-wear problem, engineers at Parker ...
UC Professor Sameh Eisa is using the flight mechanics of albatrosses to develop more energy-efficient, wind-adaptive drones through a DARPA-funded biomimicry project. Albatrosses, with wingspans ...