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Bonus clips from: Mosquito-inspired Biotechnology – Richard Bomphrey

Bonus Content and Downloads


▲ Full episode with available download


▲ Fruit flies, locusts, and male mosquitoes [download]


▲ Richard’s postdocs on animal jumping and vision [download]


▲ Richard’s fellowship and particle image velocimetry [download]


▲ Male mosquitoes and their sensory cues [download]


▲ Aerodynamics of flight [download]


▲ Problems with first starting a wing [download]


▲ Force = mass * acceleration [download]


▲ The problem with ornithopters [download]


▲ Pressure sensors in fish [download]


▲ Johnston’s organs [download]


▲ Utility of Richard’s biotech for exploring other planets [download]


▲ Scale independence of Richard’s technology [download]


▲ Utility of Richard’s biotech for disaster recovery [download]


▲ Richard’s plans for the future of this biotech [download]


▲ Impact of COVID-19 on Richard’s work [download]


▲ Richard’s reflections on interdisciplinary work [download]


▲ Barn owls [download]


▲ Richard’s interactions with our prior guest, Trevor Wardill [download]

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