The Importance of Biomimicry

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The military is constantly looking for improvements on camouflage of how to do things better. So yes, biomimicry looks to nature and then it just cheats off its paper. I've been compiling a bunch of stories of animal invisibility recently. And if you're thinking, did she camis? Isn't that the pixel pattern of the Marines? Never, ever call a Marines fit universal camo pattern. Not unless you have like an hour to spare and really good health insurance.

Invisibility cloaks. Transparent frogs. Stealth bombers. Gorilla mischief. Theoretical optical physicist and Invisible Photologist Dr. Greg Gbur joins Alie to chat about light, illusions, secret technology, science fiction inspiration, terrible camouflage, great movies, historical mishaps, and even a few great household life hacks – and why you should go read a book on your porch. Perhaps his book, Invisibility: The History and Science of How Not To Be Seen.

Visit Dr. Greg Gbur’s blogs, Skulls in the Stars and Science Chamber of Horrors, and follow him on Twitter, Mastodon, Instagram and TikTok

Buy Dr. Gbur’s book, Invisibility: The History and Science of How Not To Be Seen, on Bookshop.org or Amazon

His 2019 book, Falling Felines and Fundamental Physics, is also available on Bookshop.org and Amazon

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