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by MechSkep 4611 days ago
This is the second worst application of the "animal-inspired" moniker that I have seen.

Nike calling their sneakers "bio-inspired" because they had leopard spots on them was the worst.

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I think the linkage was appropriate. While reading the title I immediately thought about the way a housefly repeatedly rams itself into windows (while not seriously damaging itself) to try and find a way out.

Granted, insects don't fly in bucky-ball-esque gyro cages, but are there any other types of flying organisms that fly in a similar manner? Definitely not birds -- as windex commercials have demonstrated.