Researchers study Lobster Claws to create Powerful Safety Armor

A team of engineers from USC Viterbi School of Engineering are studying biological structures for use of 3D Printing Technology in Progressive Degenerative Diseases, Sports-related injuries and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE). Yang Yang, a post-doctoral scholar at USC Viterbi and Dr. Chen have worked together and developed a process that adds an electrical field into 3D printing. The electric-assisted 3D printing process aligns layers of material in resilient, bio-inspired ways, like a lobster shell’s design. Such design can be used in reducing the impact injuries from Fatal accidents.

 

Source: https://viterbischool.usc.edu/news/2017/08/natures-armor-a-lobster-tale/