Bionics
Sep 19 2008, Daniel Chakraborty

The “Performance Improving Self Contained Exoskeleton for Swimming” (PISCES) project is a bionic adaptation crafted to replicate the swimming techniques as observed in animals such as penguins, sea-turtles and dolphins. If military researchers are...

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