How did animals get so colourful? From colour-changing chameleons to bright feathers, multi-coloured faces and bright blue frogs. Animals use colours and patterns to send signals. Colours are used as warning signals and as camouflage. But there is so much we do not know about how animals use colours. Imagine a world where you cannotContinueContinue reading “The Colorful World of Animals: A Symphony of Signals”
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Discover the Flying RAVEN Robot and Empowering Robots for Self-Worth – Video Inspirations
Meet RAVEN, the Robotic Avian-inspired Vehicle for multiple ENvironments. It has lightweight bird-like legs and can walk, hop, and jump into flight. Researchers studied bird anatomy to better understand how birds leap from earth to sky. The Purpose Behind RAVEN Understanding the purpose of a robot is vital, and in this case, understanding how aContinueContinue reading “Discover the Flying RAVEN Robot and Empowering Robots for Self-Worth – Video Inspirations”
Masterbuilders: Exploring the Art of Bird Nest Construction
Weaverbirds master every loop as they create stunning nests using just their beaks from fresh grass. Weaverbirds, or Poceidae, are small birds famous for their amazing nest-building skills. The birds design and build intricate nests using fine leaf fibres, grass, and twigs. They start with a simple knot and weave the most intricate nest. WhileContinueContinue reading “Masterbuilders: Exploring the Art of Bird Nest Construction”
Inspiring Endangered Birds – Biomimicry and Biodiversity
Why is biodiversity important? How to increase biodiversity using BIOMIMICRY? In the film The Birds produced and directed by Alfred Hitchcock, the focus is on a series of sudden and unexplained violent bird attacks on the people of Bodega Bay, California. A classic horror film; however, the true horror is perhaps a world without birds.ContinueContinue reading “Inspiring Endangered Birds – Biomimicry and Biodiversity”
Cool and Warm Ptarmigan Sneaker Kit – Biomimicry for Young Children
What if, we could design a greener and cheaper shoe where you replace part of the shoe when the weather changes or when one part of the shoe is worn out? My strongest memory of seeing ptarmigan comes from a skiing holiday in the Swedish mountains. I never really liked cross-country skiing and on aContinueContinue reading “Cool and Warm Ptarmigan Sneaker Kit – Biomimicry for Young Children”
Inspirational Video – How does a penguin launch itself from the sea?
Can you guess how quickly the emperor penguins launch themselves out of the sea? Twice as quickly as their normal swimming speed; their swimming speed is 3.4 m/s (7.6 mph). It looks almost as if these rather heavy flightless birds are flying. The flight might be short, but how do they do it? Penguins trapContinueContinue reading “Inspirational Video – How does a penguin launch itself from the sea?”
Inspirational Video – Jay Collecting Acorns
How many acorns will a jay collect over a season? Squirrels are not the only animal that love to collect and bury acorns. A jay can store as many as 5, 000 acorns! They place their acorns in many different places such as natural holes, crevices in tree bark and under leaf litter. Just likeContinueContinue reading “Inspirational Video – Jay Collecting Acorns”