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2 stories tagged biomimetics, newest first.

Screenshot of taskandpurpose.com: Drones built to look like birds evaded detection at Air Force tech exercise

Drones built to look like birds evaded detection at Air Force tech exercise (taskandpurpose.com)

61 points by bushwart 5 days ago | 43 comments

Task & Purpose news article on Ornadyne's bird-mimicking O1 ornithopter drone evading detection at the Air Force's "Game of Drones" exercise at Edwards AFB.

ornithopter-drones drones counter-uas us-air-force

Screenshot of blue-continuum.com: Branching Beyond Leonardo: The Evolution of Tree Architecture Theory

Branching Beyond Leonardo: The Evolution of Tree Architecture Theory (blue-continuum.com)

21 points by dnetesn 7 days ago | 0 comments

Blue Continuum essay tracing Leonardo da Vinci's rule of tree branching and recent studies that refine or challenge it, including fractal and xylem research.

leonardo-da-vinci tree-branching botany fractals

#biomimetics on Hacker News

Drones built to look like birds evaded detection at Air Force tech exercise(taskandpurpose.com)

Branching Beyond Leonardo: The Evolution of Tree Architecture Theory(blue-continuum.com)

Drones built to look like birds evaded detection at Air Force tech exercise (taskandpurpose.com)

Branching Beyond Leonardo: The Evolution of Tree Architecture Theory (blue-continuum.com)