Vendiko

I feel confident enough to post these now. A collection of all the existing posters after some edits from the other post that got 13k notes! These are full size/quality. Go nuts.

they're calling it necro-botics, and right now it's basically making machines parts out of dead things

the reason it's being developed is nature is better at making really small, really lightweight mechanical structures that are at the same time really strong, intricate, and functional.

so far we have:

the smallest 3D printing nozzles made from mosquito proboscises

tiny claw-grippers made out of whole dead spiders

and this

made of lobster tails, which can grip and carry, as well as swim

again, the reason this is a semi-viable research direction is that we have trouble making something as lightweight and strong, and even when we can do so, the production of those parts and mechanisms is extremely costly and difficult. Therefor using dead things seems to be a possibly valid option.

take it easy but take it <- litany against burnout/apathy cycle

fuck it we ball <- litany against perfectionism

todd from drawfee: