Modern technology is continuously growing through many studies and innovations to bring better and more convenient living to the global population. Since the start of the digital age, many devices have been modified or invented to make things easier in many aspects of life. Even before the domination of automation and smart devices, the inventions made and produced across the planet share one thing in common.
Almost every technology either discovered or innovated was inspired by the natural world's functions that people could see. For example, airplane models heavily relied on how the aerodynamics of avian species work across the skies, and sonar technology was based on how the bats exhibit their ability to navigate by using echolocation.
A new study on the functions of nature's blueprints was led by the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory's Physical Sciences Division and University of Washington's Department of Chemical Engineering expert Chun Long Chen along with other colleagues. The inspiration behind the research was to modify the complex systems available in the natural environment to small-scale but functional models.
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