Started by Kate Lindqvist (@concrete_kate) ·
a bird-watching engineer redesigned the Shinkansen nose
Trains entering tunnels at high speed were making sonic booms at the exit. Eiji Nakatsu, a birdwatcher, modeled the nose on a kingfisher's beak, which dives into water without a splash. Quieter and more efficient.
5 sources · 27 min down the hole
How I got here
- Started with
- “shinkansen kingfisher nose”
- Ended at
- Common kingfisher
The Trail
- “shinkansen kingfisher nose” (google.com)
- 500 Series Shinkansen (en.wikipedia.org)
- Piston effect (en.wikipedia.org)
- Biomimetics (en.wikipedia.org)
- Common kingfisher (en.wikipedia.org)
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