Abalone

... I could go on about the seagull’s wings , the low drag design of the boxfish that the concept car imitates, the shock-absorbing properties of the abalone shells , or the s onar in dolphins etc etc. So many good ideas have come from nature that researchers have established a database that already ...

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... be developed rapidly in the field and "functional food" rations laced with edible vaccines. -- Armor as flexible as skin, tough as an abalone shell and enhanced with "living characteristics," such as the ability to heal itself when torn. Even more far-out possibilities fall ...

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