Pine cones are pretty smart for things with no brains, enough so that scientists have copied them to create a unique window shading system ... between the panes. Each 3D-printed (technically ...

Think of a building shading system ... readily available 3D printing technology. Moreover, the team engineered biobased cellulose fibers and 4D-printed them into a pine cone-inspired bilayer ...

adaptive shading system that operates without electrical energy. The scientists used the movement mechanisms of pine cones as a model for the "Solar Gate," which opens and closes in response to ...

adaptive shading system that operates without electrical energy. The scientists used the movement mechanisms of pine cones as a model for the Solar Gate, which opens and closes in response to ...