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URL:http://physics.bu.edu/internal/events/show/987
SUMMARY:Survival of the Driest: A Visual Adventure Into the Wet-dog Shake a
	nd Other Marvels of Nature
DESCRIPTION:Featuring David Hu\, Georgia Tech University\nHosted by: Sidney
	 Redner\nPoster: http://physics.bu.edu/posters/2013_Spring/02_Hu.pdf\n\nPar
	t of the Physics Department Colloquia Series.\n\nAbstract Water is a parado
	x: it is essential to life but in large quantities\, brings certain death. 
	 In this presentation\, we embark on a visual journey through the fascinati
	ng ways animals have evolved to cope with life on a watery planet.  We use 
	photography\, high-speed and time-lapse film to visualize these animal adap
	tations at work across land\, sea and air.  The audience will learn how cer
	tain animals walk on water\, how others build rafts with their own bodies\,
	 how flushing cockroaches down a toilet fails to kill them\, how mosquitoes
	 get you in a rainstorm\, and how dogs and other furry mammals dry 70% of t
	heir entire bodies within fractions of a second.  We also demonstrate how t
	hese natural adaptations have inspired a new generation of animal-like robo
	ts that can handle varied and complex terrain\, such as the bark of trees a
	nd the surfaces of water.
LOCATION:SCI 109\, 590 Commonwealth Avenue\, 02215
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CLASS:PUBLIC
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