Designers of Exotic Materials Learn New Tricks from Animals (preview)

Among the first things you notice when you step into the corner office of Harvard University professor Joanna Aizenberg are the playthings. Behind her desk sit a sand dollar, an azure butterfly mounted in a box, a plastic stand with long fibers that erupt in color when a switch is pulled, and haphazard rows of toys. Especially numerous are the Rubik’s cubes–the classic three-by-three, of course, but also ones with four, five, six and even seven mini cubes along each edge.

Visit link:
Designers of Exotic Materials Learn New Tricks from Animals (preview)