Butterfly

Butterfly robot mimics the biomechanics of Mantaray, a sea animal with higher energy efficiency In yet another breakthrough in robotic biomimicry, scientists have released a Mantaray-inspired soft robot. It is a butterfly robot that can swim more than four times faster than its predecessors. A research paper, “Snapping for high-speed and high-efficient, butterfly swimming-like soft flapping-wing robot”, published by North Carolina State University reveals how the mechanism of the Butterfly robot is close to energy…

Inspired by the biomechanics of the manta ray, researchers developed an energy-efficient soft robot that can swim more than four times faster than previous swimming soft robots. Credit: NC State UniversityResearchers have developed an energy-efficient soft robot that can swim more than four times faster than previous swimming soft robots by taking inspiration from the biomechanics of the manta ray. Developed at <span class="glossaryLink" aria-describedby="tt" data-cmtooltip="<div…

Wings of the painted lady butterfly – Vanessa cardui, modified by deletion of non-coding DNA sequence. Credit: Anyi Mazo-VargasAccording to new research, butterfly wing patterns have a basic plan to them, which is manipulated by non-coding regulatory <span class="glossaryLink" aria-describedby="tt" data-cmtooltip="<div class=glossaryItemTitle>DNA</div><div class=glossaryItemBody>DNA, or deoxyribonucleic acid, is a molecule composed of two long strands of nucleotides that coil…

Snapchat is now more of a camera lens app than a messaging app since most of us use it mainly for its funny new filters and lenses. The Snapchat lenses option, for the uninitiated, can transform your face or the world around you using special effects. The latest Snapchat lens that’s grabbing everyone’s attention is the new butterfly lens. If you had seen anyone trying this filter and have thought about how to try the butterfly lens on Snapchat, then, I have mentioned five different ways with which you can get the Snapchat…

It’s a bird, it’s a plane—no wait, it’s a migrating moth... being followed by a plane?For the first time, scientists have continually tracked an insect over more than 50 miles of a long-distance migration flight. The resulting observations and data reveal that at least one species of moth is capable of charting a surprisingly straight path. As small as these insects are, they seem to have a robust “internal compass” system that even allows them to navigate around tricky winds and geography, according to the new study…

A monarch butterfly in the butterfly pavilion at the LA County Natural History museum Wednesday, June 1, 2022.David Crane | MediaNews Group | Los Angeles Daily News via Getty ImagesThe iconic black and orange monarch butterfly is threatened with extinction because of habitat destruction and climate change, international conservationists said on Thursday.The monarch butterfly, known for its annual migration across the country, was placed in the endangered category of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature's…

Apple agreed to pay $50 million (roughly Rs. 400 crore) to settle a class-action lawsuit by customers who claimed it knew and concealed that the "butterfly" keyboards on its MacBook laptop computers were prone to failure. The proposed preliminary settlement was filed late Monday night in the federal court in San Jose, California, and requires a judge's approval. Customers claimed that MacBook, MacBook Air and MacBook Pro keyboards suffered from sticky and unresponsive keys, and that tiny amounts of dust or debris could…

Apple will pay certain groups in a lawsuit between about $50 and $395 over one of its keyboards. Photo: Richard B. Levine/Zuma Press…

Apple has agreed to pay out $50 million to settle a class action lawsuit that said the company knew about flaws with the butterfly keyboard switches it built into several MacBook models (via Reuters). The keyboards, introduced with the 2015 MacBook, were notoriously unreliable; basically any sort of grime, crumb, or dust could make it so that a key stopped responding altogether or got stuck, resulting in embarrassing typos. Apple tried several fixes for the keyboards, but each new generation failed to fix the core…

Getty ImagesApple has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit over its problematic "butterfly" mechanism keyboard. Under the terms of the settlement, Apple will pay a total of $50 million to a group of customers who purchased MacBooks with the flawed keyboards. It does not, however, have to admit to any wrongdoing -- the company denies all of the allegations in the suit and denies that any MacBooks are defective. As Reuters first reported, the settlement was filed Monday night in federal court in San Jose,…