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Squid Skin Submarines – Scientist Study Cephalopods for Military Applications
Posted on Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012 at 9:45 am by Paul
Camouflaged octopus. Image Credit: SteveD.
Richard Baraniuk is a professor of electrical and computer engineering at Rice University. He has been studying the amazing ability of Cephalopods to camouflage in the hopes to create an artificial skin for military uses. A great video interview and the full story for your review: http://earthsky.org/biomimicry/richard-baraniuk-squid-skin-inspires-submarine-camouflage
SteveD’s photography can be found here.
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