dactyl club
Replicating the Mantis Shrimp: Bacteria Grows Strong Minerals Inside 3D Printed Structure
Evolution is an amazing thing—take the mantis shrimp, for example. To kill its prey, the colorful crustacean pulls back the hammer-like appendages under its face, called dactyl clubs, and then…
3D Printed Composite Materials Based On Mantis Shrimp’s Super-Strong Appendage
From designing better tandem wing airplanes and improved bomb detection equipment to making lighter weight electronics and helping paraplegics and amputees, people have turned to nature countless times to fix our…
Researchers Developing Super-Strong Materials Thanks to a 3D Printer and the Mantis Shrimp
The rainbow-colored mantis shrimp is gorgeous to look at – to humans, anyway. To its fellow crustaceans, it’s a purple-eyed horror. The mantis shrimp is a brutal killer that dispatches its…
