Intelligent Design: Brazilian Beetle’s Shell Key To Super-Computers

May 22, 2008 - 3:45 pm By COED Staff

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If ever I’ve heard a convincing argument for “intelligent design,” this is it. According to Biomimicry News (I didn’t know it existed either), researches at the University of Utah have discovered “an inch-long weevil named Lamprocyphus augustus” who’s green, iridescent shell is made up of “photonic crystals,” a shape of crystal thus far impossible for humans to create, but is the key to super-fast optical computers. (more…)

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