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Old 04-05-2015, 03:34 AM   #33
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HMMMM good one. I think when you consider strength and speed proportional to body size the cricket would be far more powerful. Not exactly sure what data and math would be involved to prove that theory though.
I found a biology paper on crickets, but they were more interested in biomechanics than renewable energy and the untapped power of crickets. But it looks like crickets can generate 100mN when they jump. More research is obviously needed to understand how we can use this to make our cars faster.
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