To many people the thought of sharks can be scary but they’re actually a huge help to our oceans… and have inspired some awesome tech! Danni Washington will take the plunge and swim with sharks, relaying how their skin is being used to fight germs and their senses can help build better robots! And, if you’re still scared of sharks, Danni goes surfing to reveal how scientists are using bio-inspiration to develop wetsuits that should make you nearly invisible to the ocean’s top predators.
Up Next in Season 1
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S1 Ep 10 - Copying Nature's Communica...
Animals in nature have other ways of communicating than you or I do and many of them are able to move collectively in packs called “swarms”. Host Danni Washington takes a look at how today’s scientists are studying this swarm behavior to make better robots that will help in our factories, to col...
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S1 Ep 11 - Muscle of Mimicry
Some of the world’s strongest materials are naturally made like the silk spiders use to make their webs which, pound for pound, is actually 5 times stronger than steel. In this episode, Danni Washington will look into how we’re looking toward nature to make our other things stronger… like glass, ...
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S1 Ep 12 - Designing Drones
Drones are all the rage right now… and, thanks to nature, they’re doing things that we never imagined! Join Danni Washington as she explores aerial drones that can perch on walls, dive in and out of water, and communicate in swarms!
