How fruit flies control their roll angle
A fruit fly recovering from a roll perturbation in mid-air. Movies were taken using three high-speed Phantom cameras. For more details see: http://arxiv.org/abs/1407.7993 .
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How insects recover from aerial stumbles
How do insects solve the problem of keeping stable in the face of unpredictable disturbances, such as gusts of wind? We devised a way to study insect flight control and stability by experimentally “tripping” insects in flight!
Origami research published in Science
Check out our latest publication in Science on origami mechanical metamaterials! Be sure to stop by the project summary page here to learn how to fold your own reprogrammable metamaterials. The work was highlighted in these great articles too:
Check out our Instrumentation Paper!
Our recent instrumentation paper about our confocal rheoscope has been chosen as an "Editor's Pick" for Review of Scientific Instruments. Check it out here!
Prof. Cohen interviewed on Soft Matters
Interview with Prof. Cohen on Soft Matters by Cornell Graduate students Katie McGill and Jesse Silverberg.
Drag induced forward propulsion in insect flight
Vibrating wine glass
High-speed video of sound waves shattering a wine glass.
Spray can
Fluid from a canister of "spray-starch" shot at 19,000 fps.
Water on a tuning fork
Video of water after striking a 288Hz tuning fork. Framerate: 18,000 fps
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