Over the last few years, Virginia Tech scientists have been looking to the octopus for inspiration to design technologies that can better grip a wide variety of objects in underwater environments.

Scientists are using mechanisms inspired by nature to create new technological innovations. A team has now created an octopus-inspired adhesive, inspired by the shape of octopus suckers, that can ...

The new system relies heavily on passive acoustics—technology that simply listens, rather than sending out signals of its own such as sonar pings. Australia is building an integrated undersea ...