Biomimicking Strength - Bio-mimetische sterkte
Carolina Perez Leon http://www.carolinaperezleon.com/ @carostrategy
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Carolina Perez Leon, 2020 ©
Making biomimetic methods more accessible by introducing home hacking techniques.
You probably know that limpets live on rocks, but what you perhaps didn’t know is that the humble limpet’s tooth is the strongest biomaterial in the natural world.
According to Professor Asa Barber, the strength of a limpet’s tooth is on average 4.9