Robert Full: Secrets of movement, from geckos and roaches
by paco on Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012 | 24 Comments
www.ted.com Biologist Robert Full shares slo-mo video of some captivating critters. Take a closer look at the spiny legs that allow cockroaches to scuttle across mesh and the nanobristle-packed feet that let geckos to run straight up walls.TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers are invited to give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes — including speakers such as Jill Bolte Taylor, Sir Ken Robinson, Hans Rosling, Al Gore and Arthur Benjamin. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, and Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, politics and the arts. Watch the Top 10 TEDTalks on TED.com, at http
The video montage of feet was an acid trip. BOOM BOOM BOOM
I wonder if this guy has a foot fetish
On the Van der Waals force, what would happen if we used the attraction force but did not let the objects touch how much energy could be captured, or would they channel heat towards the gap and draw heat out of the air?
My God. They could make a whole army of crabs capable of walking on mesh!
Very impressive. Rhex is the little robot that could.
LOL to answer your question “people who are interested in knowing how things work” care. xD
Stop being so silly.
i found this video in accident. but wow. who gives a shit. seriously, who gives a fuck. stuuuuuupid ass shit. wow..amazing. this video is only good for making me laugh at his stupid accent. thats it.
Cool
I really hope that they will start to produce boots that let me walk on walls.
Absolutely amazing, the complexity and function of some animal and insect feet, and how their study can be applied in engineering.
so amazingly beautiful tecnology, i’m all pro-robots, not like some people out there that fear the “MATRIX” or “TERMINATOR” effect.
i think robots will make life easier, more entertaining and safe.
Really inspiring. Major influence in my artwork.
Thanks so much.
Agreed, perhaps his middle name should be “Is”. Moreover, no wonder he is interested in feet, I doubt he has seen his own for a few years.
And in twenty minutes the speaker has convinced me to become an environmentalist. Not the radical “go back to the stone-age or die by global warming” kind, but an environmentalist none the less.
love what you do, do what you love.
“The Secrets will be lost forever” WELL SAID!
omgoodness I love the octipus-
Bloody incredible..
i can hear his breathing…
I’m inspired. =P
You can tell he absolutely loves what he’s doing, and the work he (and his team) are doing is amazing as a result.
Critter = rural American slang for “creature”
Impressive music.
i think its a different and less frequently used word for beast/animal. but english isnt my native language, so i might be wrong.
quite intelligent WHAT ????
the octopus that simulates a rolling coconut is amazing.
they are the great-apes of the ocean, quite intelligent critters.