Technologies Inspired By Animals

Kingfishers – Trains

Train manufacturers have been also got improved with models and technology thanks to the animals among them – the Kingfishers. A Japanese rail company struggled with solving one of their own train’s design issue when their trains made noises while they got out from a tunnel.

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So you wonder how Kingfishers got into this picture? Well, thanks to one of the company’s engineer who had bird-watching habit. He solved the company’s problem by the inspiration of kingfisher’s long ,sleek beak. He designed the train like it with long nose. Thanks to that, every time their trains get out of the tunnels, the air particles move over the train and reduce the level of noise in those areas.

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