10 Innovations inspired by the wild

You would never think the wild would influece people lives. Well it sure did influence these scientists. Heres 10 new innovations that were inspired by some of the animals of the wild.

1. Gecko Glue: Gecko's can climb up trees with there special feet. Scientists beleive it is soem type of checmical they have on there feet that allows them to have very strong attachment to whatever they are climbing and easy release from it still. They beieve that from this you could possibly be like a gecko and climb up the tree with them from whatever they invent from it.

2. Plastic that can be hard and soft: Sea cucumbers have a soft outer skin. When they sense danger they shoot checmicals into the skin making it harden in a matter of seconds. Scientists used this idea to create biomedical items such as microelectrodes for the brain.

3. Shark Skin Suit: All of you may know Micheal Phelps well yes hes a fast swimmer but what helped him was a suit that is made out of shark skin. Supposedly the sharks skin allows them to be more agile in the water as they swim. But Phelps wasnt the only one to wear one. About 89% of the competition was wearing some type similar to that suit also.

4. The bombardier beatle is know for its protection by squirting toxic fumes onto its predetors. Scientists have used the idea of how the beatle creates the fumes in its abdomen to place that idea in fire extinguisers and pharmaceutical inhalers.

5. Seagull Drones: One innovater made a prototype plane that resembled the wings of certain birds. When the wings are straight that helps the plane be stable and when the wings are a bent it helps the bird maneuver through there dips and dives. So this inovater hopes to bring his idea to the military to create planes that can maneuver around buildings and such.

6. Lotus Leaf like material: This one is up for you to think about what this could be used for. But The leaves on a lotus leaf have very small bumps on them so small they are not visible to the naked eye. They repel water because the water droplets can not accumulate on the leaf with the bumps in the way.

7. Bird designs for peace and quiet: The bullet train in Japan which can travel up to 200 miles per hour is friken loud! You could tell when it approaches a city because of the small sonic booms it can create. Scientists have used the idea from owls that have feathers that dampen the noise they make so you wont have to suffer from the very loud noises.

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