An insect that has the only mechanical gears ever found in nature (2013)
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An insect that has the only mechanical gears ever found in nature (2013)
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Re: An insect that has the only mechanical gears ever found in nature (2013)
#2The linked video is from 2013
Re: An insect that has the only mechanical gears ever found in nature (2013)
#3I was just thinking about this. Does folding your hands count as a gear? The interlocked fingers make for a tighter grasp. When viewed from the palm side they even look like a gear. It is not the natural state of the hands but many gears also spend time in an unmeshed state. What is the definition of a gear anyway?
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#6I was just thinking about this. Does folding your hands count as a gear? The interlocked fingers make for a tighter grasp. When viewed from the palm side they even look like a gear. It is not the natural state of the hands but many gears also spend time in an unmeshed state. What is the definition of a gear anyway?
Not an expert, but I feel like interlocking your hands does not count because the definition of a gear includes rotation, and transmission of motion. Interlocked hands don't rotate and they don't transmit motion.
Interlocking hands seems to me to be about grip strength. Sometimes it's easier to grip your other hand by interlocking than it is to grip the object you're lifting.
Re: An insect that has the only mechanical gears ever found in nature (2013)
#7Reminds me of this pretty common but all the more spectacular: a close-up of super complex production line (gene transcription) driven by DNA strands: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Hk9jct2ozY / https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/7Hk9jct2ozY
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#8Pure blogspam. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/this-insect-ha...
Ok, we've changed to that from https://canyouactually.com/first-mechanical-gear-ever-found-.... Thanks!
Re: An insect that has the only mechanical gears ever found in nature (2013)
#9Cells. Interlinked.
Re: An insect that has the only mechanical gears ever found in nature (2013)
#10I was just thinking about this. Does folding your hands count as a gear? The interlocked fingers make for a tighter grasp. When viewed from the palm side they even look like a gear. It is not the natural state of the hands but many gears also spend time in an unmeshed state. What is the definition of a gear anyway?
Not an expert, but I feel like interlocking your hands does not count because the definition of a gear includes rotation, and transmission of motion. Interlocked hands don't rotate and they don't transmit motion. Interlocking hands seems to me to be about grip strength. Sometimes it's easier to grip your other hand by interlocking than it is to grip the object you're lifting.
Then the "gear" from this insect would also not count as it does not transfer motion. Its more like a joint that has teeth for extra grip.