These methods allowed them to analyze how stress waves propagate through the mantis shrimp's dactyl club with great precision. The mantis shrimp's dactyl clubs—claw-like appendages used to ...

They use hammer-like fists, or dactyl clubs, to shatter prey's shells. The strike is so strong it can even break aquarium glass, delivering a force comparable to a .22 caliber bullet.

Let’s face it, failed Kickstarters are no good. But they can spark good things, like real versions of technologies that might have actually been faked for the platform. A touchscreen mouse, for ...

Then it was on to the dactyl manuform mini shown here, which [tslil] printed in wood PLA and sanded to arboreal perfection. But this had too many keys, so it was back to the drawing board ...