Shed skin from a black racer snake

Shed skin from a black racer snake

Shed skin from a black racer snake. This may be the head.

Found this 3’ long shed skin from a #BlackRacer #Snake.
The material is amazing - light as air, still holds together - strong & beautiful.
#Nature as #Inspiration for #Science, #Textiles, #BuildingMaterials, #ConstructionMethods, & #Architecture

Uniform reference system for lightweight construction methods Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have developed a reference system that permits comparisons of lightweight construction methods.

Rüdiger Westermann and his team created a benchmark that allows direct comparison of various lightweight #constructionmethods. This enables, for example, different #hipimplant designs to be tailored to specific requirements: go.tum.de/339584

📷A. Heddergott