Tiny Muscles Help Bats Fine-tune Flight | Biomimicry | Scoop.it
From news.brown.edu - May 28, 2014 4:25 AM
Bats appear to use a network of hair-thin muscles in their wing skin to control the stiffness and shape of their wings as they fly, according to a new study. The finding provides new insight about the aerodynamic fine-tuning of membrane wings, both natural and man-made.