Posted on October 21, 2008 by sunshineflowerbunny
A real fish can accelerate at a rate of eight to twelve g’s – as fast as a NASA rocket. To scientists, the speed is difficult to explain (the question is known as Gray’s paradox). In an attempt to understand how the flap of thin fish tail can push a fish faster than a propeller, [...]
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Posted on July 7, 2008 by sunshineflowerbunny
A robotic fish has been developed by scientists from Essex University. In nature, fish have astonishing swimming ability developed after thousands years evolution. It is well known that the tuna swims with high speed and high efficiency, the pike accelerates in a flash and that eel swim skillfully into extremely small [...]
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