"Pi is like love--natural, irrational, and very important"
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28.4.10

HOW I AM GOING TO CHANGE THE WORLD


bi·o·mi·met·ics: noun.
The study of the structure and function of biological systems as models for the design and engineering of materials and machines.

For example, see this gecko?


It sticks to walls with millions of tiny hairs on the bottom of its feet. How do the hairs stick? By the weakest intermolecular force that exists: the london dispersion force.

Amazing.

"Can you imagine duct tape that would never lose its stickiness or a Band-Aid that doesn't leave sticky residue?"


{Courtesy of my materials science textbook by William P. Callister, Jr.}

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