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Festo’s Bionic Learning Network 2009!

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Festo is a German company doing heavy research into bionics. We’ve posted about their incredible lighter-than-air Jellyfish before. Now, Festo has a new video out highlighting some of their breakthroughs, and it is jaw-dropping. Bionic underwater penguins? Check. Bionic lighter-than-air penguins? Check.

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Bionic walls that adapt their shape and behavior based on the movements of passersby? Check.

This may be the most exciting 4:39 you’ll spend today.

Sadly, Festo has disabled embedding, so click on any image to watch the video.

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Cheers boingboing gadgets for the heads up!