AUTO SCIENTISTS USE MOTH EYES TO DEVELOP NON-REFLECTIVE WINDSCREENS
May 1st, 2010
BY KEITH NUTHALL
GERMAN scientists have studied the nano-structure of moth eyes to develop a new anti-reflecting polymer-based windscreen coating that lets the light through, and does not reflect it back. Happy motorists get no glare from lights and illuminated signs outside, making their journeys much safer.
It's tough being a moth. Searching for food as dusk, they are prey to greedy predators - birds, frogs, lizards, cats... So nature has designed their eyes to have tiny bumps so that they do not reflect light, giving away their position.
Now scientists at ...
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