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仿生学高级研发工程师——3M公司

    当初瓦萨•萨尼博士告诉妈妈自己的博士论文主要研究蜘蛛和壁虎时，他妈妈吓坏了。他其实并不喜欢这两种动物，但他要从它们身上获得启发，研究有实际用途的产品——这就是所谓的仿生学研究。比如，壁虎单腿就能支撑重量为自己体重100倍到1000倍的重物，能附着在又湿又脏的表面，还能一眨眼就拔出脚来。

    生产便利贴的3M公司在萨尼还在攻读博士学位时就聘用了他。当时他正在研究黑寡妇蜘蛛和普通花园蜘蛛的网，还有上图所示的这种蜘蛛。现在他正用自己的研究成果制造用于牙齿矫正术、皮肤和伤口护理及悬挂液晶电视和绘画这类物体的粘合剂。

Senior Research Engineer, Biomimicry - 3M

    Dr. Vasav Sahni’s mom freaked out when he told her he’d be studying spiders and geckos for his PhD. He’s not a big fan of the creatures either, but Sahni uses them as inspiration to make products that have real-world applications--a field called biomimicry. Geckos, for example, can hold 100 to 1,000 times their weight on one leg, stick to surfaces that are dirty and wet, and unstick themselves in a fraction of a second.

    Post-it maker 3M hired Sahni while he was still pursuing his PhD, studying the webs of black widow and common garden spiders, including the spider pictured above. Now he’s using his research to make adhesives used in orthodontia, skin and wound care, and systems to hang items as heavy as LCD TVs and paintings.