Butterflies Beat Humans to Photonic Crystals

Sub_Umbra · Nov 18, 2005

Discovery News said:
Nov. 18, 2005— African swallowtail butterflies have been found using what was thought to be exclusively human advanced technology: high-efficiency photonic crystals like those of light-emitting diodes, or LEDs...

The rest of the article may be found at the URL below.

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20051114/butterfly_ani.html

Hookd_On_Photons · Nov 18, 2005

So, if the chromatic displays are related to courtship/mating behavior, can we expect the butterflies to advertise dubious claims of 10,000,000 candlepower!!!, like certain flashlight manufacturers?

KevinL · Nov 19, 2005

No, but you can expect to see spam that says "INCREASE UR CAAAAAAAANDLEPWR and restore your s e c k x life!"

Raccoon · Nov 19, 2005

I want butterfly wings in my flashlight!

PhotonBoy · Nov 19, 2005

BBC: Butterfly wings work like LEDs

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4443854.stm

Sub_Umbra · Nov 19, 2005

Hookd_On_Photons said:
So, if the chromatic displays are related to courtship/mating behavior, can we expect the butterflies to advertise dubious claims of 10,000,000 candlepower!!!, like certain flashlight manufacturers?

KevinL said:
No, but you can expect to see spam that says "INCREASE UR CAAAAAAAANDLEPWR and restore your s e c k x life!"

Be prepared for exaggerated RUNTIME claims, too!

Butterflies Beat Humans to Photonic Crystals

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