Sunday, September 15, 2013

This gives the insect uses - ABC News

A video showing the only known example of gear technology in nature, has been released by British scientists.

discovery has been made by researchers Malcolm Burrows and Gregory Sutton, and found show that mechanisms that were previously regarded as purely artificial, also found in nature.

Garden Insect issus has bakføtter with gear-like strands that curl around the leg. This makes it possible for the locust jumping with great force and precision.

Issus found in gardens throughout Europe and has bakføtter that is entwined by a gear-like material. The gears rotate in the same way as a mechanical gear. The effect is that the hind legs of issus-insect synchronized before kickoff.

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