Ten Inventions That Borrowed Their Best Ideas From Nature
The 500 Series Shinkansen | A Kingfisher’s Beak
The kingfisher moves between air and water with remarkably little disturbance, thanks in part to its long, tapering beak. That shape helped engineers rethink the nose of JR-West’s 500 series Shinkansen to address pressure waves generated when trains enter tunnels. The result is one of biomimicry’s best-known transport designs. This is a lesson in managing a change of medium and pressure, rather than simply making a train look like a bird.
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