Comments for Friday Squid Blogging: Research into Squid Skin

Comment from jerry on 2011-01-07

2011-01-08T01:09:28Z

Stephen Baxter knew the value and the
adaptability of the female squid when he made
a bio-enhanced version one of his
main characters and an astronaut whose
mission was to fly to an nearby asteroid in
"Manifold Time". It's good to see a namesake,
Hanlon, studying cephalopods and squid specifically.
Who knows, he might also have been a character
in the book with a name change.

Comment from Geek Prophet on 2011-01-01

2011-01-01T14:26:08Z

Look who is paying for it. The military would *love* to be able to hide ships, equipment, and soldiers nearly as well as some cephalopods can hide themselves. $6 million is a lot of money, but if something useful comes out of the research, it is nothing compared to what they will pay to turn this into effective camouflage.

Comment from trapspam.honeypot on 2010-12-31

2011-01-01T03:20:49Z

Happy New Year 2011

My first reaction was 6 Mil US$ for research...

Advancing science was never cheap nor easy.