Tag: engineers
Thanks to Optimal Design, Eyes and Brain Give a Glimpse of the Future
Although the brain can process images at breakneck speed, there are physical limits to how fast neural impulses can travel from the eye to the brain.
Paper Digest: Ten Biomechanical Animal Joints Enable Extreme Performance
The amazing design structures in organisms provide engineers with inspiring templates for creating better products.
Hitting the Brakes on “Rapid Evolution”
Evolutionary biologist Richard Lenski hopes to demonstrate Darwinian evolution in action. But one humble scientist from Northern Idaho says not so fast!
Quorum Sensing: A Clever Trick by Microbes
Robot designers are learning tricks from bacteria: how to communicate with and respond to other unseen members of a swarm.
Understanding the Limits of Scientism
The great impasse in empirical science was reached early in the 20th century when quantum mechanics was first being developed.