Posted on November 4, 2008 by sunshineflowerbunny
I love this little guy. I don’t know why. I guess because the biomimetics are still ‘old’ (as in, probably, a whopping three to six years ago in the development stages of this piece) and so his floppin’ legs are like a spastic puppy whipping its way through the terrain as if it had no [...]
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Posted on November 3, 2008 by sunshineflowerbunny
This adorable and available-in-many-colors little creature was designed by Nissan and could be seen at this year’s CEATEC convention (2008) biomimetic car by Nissan.
Busy as bees, Nissan is in the process of working on a crash prevention system that makes use of the type of technology that bees use in practicing crash avoidance. Research on [...]
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