Recent Moire Interferometry Experiments

We dusted off the interferometer recently to perform some new experiments on Nitinol.  The photo on the left shows our four beam phase shifted moire intereferometer trained on a Nitinol tension sample in a simple hand operated load frame.  We had our expert photographer Andy on hand and took quite a few long exposure photos [...]

Biomimetics/Biomimicry: State of the Art

It has been ten years since I first read Janine’s book and I am pleased to see that the field of Biomimicry, Biomimetics—or whatever you want to call it—continues to grow!  I am especially thrilled that there has been such a meaningful adoption of such principles in the basic and applied sciences.  While technology trends [...]