The shock-absorption system modeled by the UB physicists consists of a long, cone-shaped chain of spheres. The sphere positioned closest to the expected source of a shock is the largest, while each ...

The first step was testing whether there was any measurable evidence of shock absorption occurring between a woodpecker's beak and brain as it pecked, via in vivo kinematics. Van Wassenbergh and ...

Designer Sam Pearce created a spoke-less, shock-absorbing wheel that’s being used on wheelchairs and bicycles. 1 / 4. Loopwheels. DSCF0671 Sam Pearce. In 2007 ...

Dr. Van Wassenbergh said that if woodpeckers were absorbing some of the shock they were trying to deliver to the tree, “it would be a waste of precious energy for the birds.