Animal Attraction: Bioinspiration and Digital Life
Duncan Irschick
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
http://www.bio.umass.edu/biology/irschick/
Duncan Irschick investigates the evolution and ecology of animal performance. On Friday, he will discuss: the evolution of biomaterials, and how this has inspired the innovative, super-adhesive technology GeckskinTM (http://geckskin.umass.edu); and, the Digital Life 3D project (http://www.digitallife3d.com/), a non-profit initiative that creates and archives accurate, high-quality 3D models of living organisms to support science, education and wildlife conservation.