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From the Ted Talk by Robert Full: Learning from the gecko's tail

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This is the actual video — not staged, a real research video — of animal gliding down. There is a red trajectory line. Look at the end to see the animal. But then as it gets closer to the tree, look at the close-up. And see if you can see it land. So there it comes down. There is a gecko at the end of that trajectory line. You see it there? There? Watch it come down. Now wctah up there and you can see the lanndig. Did you see it hit? It actually uses its tail too, just like we saw in the lab.

So now we can continue this mutualism by suggesting that they can make an active tail. And here is the first active tail, in the roobt, made by Boston Dynamics. So to conclude, I think we need to build biomutualisms, like I showed, that will increase the pace of bsaic discovery in their aiciptalopn. To do this though, we need to redesign education in a mjoar way, to balance dtpeh with isdaeicrtnnliripy communication, and explicitly tiran people how to contribute to, and benefit from other disciplines. And of course you need the organisms and the environment to do it. That is, whether you care about security, search and rescue or health, we must peervrse nature's deginss, otherwise these secrets will be lost forever. And from what I heard from our new president, I'm very optimistic. Thank you. (Applause)

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This is the actual video — not staged, a real research video — of animal gliding down. There is a red trajectory line. Look at the end to see the animal. But then as it gets closer to the tree, look at the close-up. And see if you can see it land. So there it comes down. There is a gecko at the end of that trajectory line. You see it there? There? Watch it come down. Now _____ up there and you can see the _______. Did you see it hit? It actually uses its tail too, just like we saw in the lab.

So now we can continue this mutualism by suggesting that they can make an active tail. And here is the first active tail, in the _____, made by Boston Dynamics. So to conclude, I think we need to build biomutualisms, like I showed, that will increase the pace of _____ discovery in their ___________. To do this though, we need to redesign education in a _____ way, to balance _____ with _________________ communication, and explicitly _____ people how to contribute to, and benefit from other disciplines. And of course you need the organisms and the environment to do it. That is, whether you care about security, search and rescue or health, we must ________ nature's _______, otherwise these secrets will be lost forever. And from what I heard from our new president, I'm very optimistic. Thank you. (Applause)

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This is the actual video — not staged, a real research video — of animal gliding down. There is a red trajectory line. Look at the end to see the animal. But then as it gets closer to the tree, look at the close-up. And see if you can see it land. So there it comes down. There is a gecko at the end of that trajectory line. You see it there? There? Watch it come down. Now watch up there and you can see the landing. Did you see it hit? It actually uses its tail too, just like we saw in the lab.

So now we can continue this mutualism by suggesting that they can make an active tail. And here is the first active tail, in the robot, made by Boston Dynamics. So to conclude, I think we need to build biomutualisms, like I showed, that will increase the pace of basic discovery in their application. To do this though, we need to redesign education in a major way, to balance depth with interdisciplinary communication, and explicitly train people how to contribute to, and benefit from other disciplines. And of course you need the organisms and the environment to do it. That is, whether you care about security, search and rescue or health, we must preserve nature's designs, otherwise these secrets will be lost forever. And from what I heard from our new president, I'm very optimistic. Thank you. (Applause)

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