Nature makes honeycomb. Humans bet I can do that with metal. Engineers hold my aluminum.
Forward_Medicine4875 on
I think there was a vertiasium video on things like this called compliant mechanisms
Hob_Goblin88 on
As a aluminium Welder, i’ve never heard of this stuff! Awesome!
Actual_Drink_9327 on
It will need a bunch of warning labels etched with lazers: “Not-a-candy, Not-a-gum”
ZerMaverick on
So satisfying to watch. Looks to be the exact same type of honeycomb design that’s become popular with cardboard beds and transport insulation. I know – hexagons are bestagons – but I just looked again, and notice bee honeycomb’s aren’t actually perfect hexagons. Interestingly, that’s not [by accident.](https://www.learnbiomimicry.com/blog/biomimicry-and-bees)
StultusNosferatu on
It doesn’t “turn to rubber”. It might feel like it turned to rubber like substance.
___TheKid___ on
So can a normal person just buy that somewhere or is it some secret army stuff like the original venta black?
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Nature makes honeycomb. Humans bet I can do that with metal. Engineers hold my aluminum.
I think there was a vertiasium video on things like this called compliant mechanisms
As a aluminium Welder, i’ve never heard of this stuff! Awesome!
It will need a bunch of warning labels etched with lazers: “Not-a-candy, Not-a-gum”
So satisfying to watch. Looks to be the exact same type of honeycomb design that’s become popular with cardboard beds and transport insulation. I know – hexagons are bestagons – but I just looked again, and notice bee honeycomb’s aren’t actually perfect hexagons. Interestingly, that’s not [by accident.](https://www.learnbiomimicry.com/blog/biomimicry-and-bees)
It doesn’t “turn to rubber”. It might feel like it turned to rubber like substance.
So can a normal person just buy that somewhere or is it some secret army stuff like the original venta black?
Nature’s hexagons but in metal pyjamas.
What do they use it in planes for?