Friday, 3 June 2016

Natural material is so tough, the US military wants it

You can’t help but be drawn into something about a shrimp’s ‘dactyl club’ that includes this paragraph: “The dactyl club can reach an acceleration of 10,000g, unleashing a barrage of impacts with the speed of a bullet. Mantis shrimp come in two varieties: ‘smashers’ and ‘spearers.’ While spearers kill prey by driving a spear into ...

Natural material is so tough, the US military wants it



from ElectronicsWeekly http://www.electronicsweekly.com/blogs/engineer-in-wonderland/natural-material-is-so-tough-the-us-military-wants-it-2016-06/

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