Comments on: The flea's mighty jump http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2011/02/10/the-fleas-mighty-jump/ Mon, 04 Feb 2013 17:13:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Mike Haubrich http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2011/02/10/the-fleas-mighty-jump/#comment-15679 Mike Haubrich Sat, 12 Feb 2011 02:26:13 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/?p=4026#comment-15679 It is amazing, but I think it is important to mention the inverse-square law which means that the correlation between how quickly and how far a flea can jump with human ability is not a true picture of a flea's feet feats. I am sure that engineers will adjust their expectations accordingly when designing robots to mimic insect jumps. <strong>[CZ: Agreed--I may have given the wrong impression with the human scale-up.]</strong> It is amazing, but I think it is important to mention the inverse-square law which means that the correlation between how quickly and how far a flea can jump with human ability is not a true picture of a flea’s feet feats.

I am sure that engineers will adjust their expectations accordingly when designing robots to mimic insect jumps.

[CZ: Agreed--I may have given the wrong impression with the human scale-up.]

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