Cheryl Hayashi: The magnificence of spider silk
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http://www.ted.com Cheryl Hayashi studies spider silk, one of nature's most high-performance materials. Each species of spider can make up to 7 very different kinds of silk. How do they do it? Hayashi explains at the DNA level -- then shows us how this super-strong, super-flexible material can inspire. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the b... Read more
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- -: Cheryl Hayashi: The magnificence of spider silk
December 7, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com Cheryl Hayashi studies spider silk, one of nature's most high-performance materials. Each species of spider can make up to 7 very different kinds of silk. How do they do it? Hayashi explains at the DNA level -- then shows us how this super-strong, super-flexible material can in...
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- -: Theo Jansen: The art of creating creatures
September 6, 2007 (over 16 years ago)http://www.ted.com Artist Theo Jansen demonstrates the amazingly lifelike kinetic sculptures he builds from plastic tubes and lemonade bottles. His creatures are designed to move -- and even survive -- on their own. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TE...
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- -: Steven Strogatz: How things in nature tend to sync up
December 23, 2008 (over 15 years ago)http://www.ted.com Mathematician Steven Strogatz shows how flocks of creatures (like birds, fireflies and fish) manage to synchronize and act as a unit -- when no one's giving orders. The powerful tendency extends into the realm of objects, too. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks...
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- -: A robot that flies like a bird
July 23, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Plenty of robots can fly -- but none can fly like a real bird. That is, until Markus Fischer and his team at Festo built SmartBird, a large, lightweight robot, modeled on a seagull, that flies by flapping its wings. A soaring demo fresh from TEDGlobal 2011. TEDTalks is a daily...
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