#How to imitate natural spring-loaded snapping movement without losing energy
“#How to imitate natural spring-loaded snapping movement without losing energy” Credit: CC0 Public Domain Venus flytraps do it, trap-jaw ants do it, and now materials scientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst can do it, too—they discovered a way of efficiently converting elastic energy in a spring to kinetic energy for high-acceleration, extreme velocity movements…