Erin Spencer, PhD
@etspencer.bsky.social
Marine ecologist, science writer, lover of all things weird in the ocean.
Currently: Comms around mesophotic & deep restoration in the Gulf.
Order The Incredible Octopus now: https://tinyurl.com/66s9xj2p
Currently: Comms around mesophotic & deep restoration in the Gulf.
Order The Incredible Octopus now: https://tinyurl.com/66s9xj2p
Reposted by Erin Spencer, PhD
It all started with a grand challenge: How can we unlock the potential for ocean life to inspire future technologies? @mbarinews.bsky.social's Bioinspiration Lab has spent years trying to tackle this problem, and we recently developed 4000 m-rated EyeRIS, an in situ lightfield imaging system. 2/n
August 7, 2025 at 8:14 PM
It all started with a grand challenge: How can we unlock the potential for ocean life to inspire future technologies? @mbarinews.bsky.social's Bioinspiration Lab has spent years trying to tackle this problem, and we recently developed 4000 m-rated EyeRIS, an in situ lightfield imaging system. 2/n
Reposted by Erin Spencer, PhD
What EyeRIS revealed was incredible, fine-scale detail of the 3D movements of octopus arms as they crawled over the seafloor completely unconstrained. We learned that octopus crawl by creating a modified foot that persists throughout the behavior, a simplification that could aid roboticists. 8/n
August 7, 2025 at 8:14 PM
What EyeRIS revealed was incredible, fine-scale detail of the 3D movements of octopus arms as they crawled over the seafloor completely unconstrained. We learned that octopus crawl by creating a modified foot that persists throughout the behavior, a simplification that could aid roboticists. 8/n