Cicada Horror Films, Solar Power and Fish Lures
Odds and Ends:
The Rock is Back: Filmmaker David “The Rock Nelson” is currently working on editing his latest series, “The Killer Cicadas,” and its sequel “Attack of the Giant Cicadas,” for which he caught 500 cicadas and ate some of them.
Nanotech News: Cicadas wings are being used as the inspiration for building better solar technology. (thanks Roy)
Peng Jiang, an assistant professor of chemical engineering, is drawing inspiration from the eyes of moths and the wings of cicadas to create unusual new anti-reflective and water-repellant coatings — coatings that appear to have potential to make solar cells both more efficient and self-cleaning. Windows in cars and homes, computer screens and other consumer products also could improve thanks to the super-transparent coatings.
Russian fishing lure company www.apico-fish.ru used one of Roy Troutman’s cicada photos for a recent ad for cicada themed lures.
