The octopus has inspired much technological innovation, and with good reason. This cephalopod is dexterous underwater, can camouflage itself, has well-developed vision, muscular arms, sensory suction ...

Wild octopus arm movements reveal extraordinary control, offering insights that may transform robotics design and lifesaving ...

The series, helmed by James Cameron, explores just how intelligent an octopus can be, using state-of-the-art technology. How the scientific community captured “firsts” when filming octopus. Cameras ...

In the vein of marine animals inspiring design, I offer today the octopus-cum-robot. I kid not. After discovering in March that some octopus species use two of their eight arms to "walk" along the ...

In a bid to detect unknown environments, a Chinese team created an octopus-inspired flexible robotic arm capable of sensing and manipulating objects in confined spaces and underwater. This was ...

A silicon chip that mimics the structure and function of an octopus retina may give sight to autonomous robots for space and undersea exploration, and in hazardous environments. The O-retina chip, ...

Octopus is publishing My Life in Design by designer, restaurateur and businessman Sir Terence Conran. It tells the story of the Conran brand from the founding of the Conran Design Studio 60 years ago ...