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<blockquote data-quote="wurd2" data-source="post: 13460524" data-attributes="member: 15196"><p>It looks like nature has stepped into the gear manufacturing market:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/the-first-gear-discovered-in-nature-15916433?click=pm_latest" target="_blank">The First Gear Discovered in Nature - Popular Mechanics</a></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'courier new'"><span style="font-size: 12px">With two diminutive legs locked into a leap-ready position, the tiny jumper bends its body taut like an archer drawing a bow. At the top of its legs, a minuscule pair of gears engage—their strange, shark-fin teeth interlocking cleanly like a zipper. And then, faster than you can blink, think, or see with the naked eye, the entire thing is gone. In 2 milliseconds it has bulleted skyward, accelerating at nearly 400 g's—a rate more than 20 times what a human body can withstand. At top speed the jumper breaks 8 mph—quite a feat considering its body is less than one-tenth of an inch long. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'courier new'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.popularmechanics.com/cm/popularmechanics/images/ky/Issus-01-0913-mdn.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.popularmechanics.com/cm/popularmechanics/images/ba/Issus-02-0913-de.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://cdn.makeagif.com/media/9-12-2013/ycI1mA.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://cdn.makeagif.com/media/9-12-2013/6Mexj9.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>The article states they observe gear failures due to broken teeth in the adults.</p><p></p><p>These render the affected insects incapable of future jumping.</p><p></p><p>:lol:</p><p></p><p><span style="color: black">.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wurd2, post: 13460524, member: 15196"] It looks like nature has stepped into the gear manufacturing market: [url=http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/the-first-gear-discovered-in-nature-15916433?click=pm_latest]The First Gear Discovered in Nature - Popular Mechanics[/url] [font="courier new"][size=3]With two diminutive legs locked into a leap-ready position, the tiny jumper bends its body taut like an archer drawing a bow. At the top of its legs, a minuscule pair of gears engage—their strange, shark-fin teeth interlocking cleanly like a zipper. And then, faster than you can blink, think, or see with the naked eye, the entire thing is gone. In 2 milliseconds it has bulleted skyward, accelerating at nearly 400 g's—a rate more than 20 times what a human body can withstand. At top speed the jumper breaks 8 mph—quite a feat considering its body is less than one-tenth of an inch long. [/size][/font] [img]http://www.popularmechanics.com/cm/popularmechanics/images/ky/Issus-01-0913-mdn.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.popularmechanics.com/cm/popularmechanics/images/ba/Issus-02-0913-de.jpg[/img] [img]http://cdn.makeagif.com/media/9-12-2013/ycI1mA.gif[/img][img]http://cdn.makeagif.com/media/9-12-2013/6Mexj9.gif[/img] The article states they observe gear failures due to broken teeth in the adults. These render the affected insects incapable of future jumping. :lol: [color=black].[/color] [/QUOTE]
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