Conclusion

"It's been 13 weeks already? Wow"

And with that, the journey has finally come to an end.

Throughout the building of this blog, our eyes are opened to the plethora of inspiration that are to be grabbed from the nature. From artificial leaf that gather energy from the sun to applying different wing span design of birds into airplane, studying Engineering and Biomimetics shows us that nature is more than just to be preserved: its inner working can be mimicked into engineering to create products that functions, designed while reducing potential risks (or better, improve) the nature.

Regarding the subject of our research study, hedgehogs, it has been a fascinating experience studying this often under looked cute little creature. The beauty of quills of a hedgehog is more than just hardened pieces of keratin. By studying its form and function, it is possible to design a shock absorbing layer that can be implemented into protective gears such as knee pad. As a result of this implementation, knee pad shock absorbing performance can be improve significantly and therefore, reducing number of impact related casualties during accidents.

It is very hopeful that the study of hedgehog quills spans more that just its ability to absorb force during impact. One example of it is since hedgehog quills are basically made out of keratin, being able to artificially produce keratin could also be very beneficial to producing hard structures out of protein due to its compound versatility.

And of course, big thanks to everyone involved in the Engineering and Biomimetics module and production of this blog.

"That's All Folks!"