What does the maple tree have to do with designing electronic microfliers?
In this episode, I feature a paper by an international team of scientists led by Northwestern University engineers who described how the seeds of the maple tree inspired them to design miniaturized, wireless electronic devices useful for environmental monitoring, population surveillance, disease management among other applications. It all comes down to how slow they fall to the ground.
Full citation:
Kim, B. H., Li, K., Kim, J. T., Park, Y., Jang, H., Wang, X., ... & Rogers, J. A. (2021). Three-dimensional electronic microfliers inspired by wind-dispersed seeds. Nature, 597(7877), 503-510.
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