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Old 04-16-2009, 05:37 PM   #8 (permalink)
lunarhighway
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a feather is part of a closed-loop feedback system for the bird
usually nature is way ahead of us... the basic shape of a car is no where near as optimized for any such advanced features to be of interest in todays car design.

than again one day maybe....

"feathers" in the broad sense of the word could be interesting to smooth out the underside of the car, especially things like inner wheel wells etc...
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