It’s often said that art imitates life, and sometimes engineering does too. Recently, a team from Cornell University came up with a new shape-changing material with possible military and industrial uses based on one of nature’s oddest creatures. WHCU’s Kyle Robertson has more in this week’s Tech Minute.

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