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Leonardo da Vinci’s anatomical drawings and mechanical designs reveal his fascination with engineering, motion, anatomy and ageing. Google Art Project, via Wikimedia Commons.

March 31, 2019

Leonardo da Vinci revisited: how a 15th century artist dissected the human machine

Susan Broomhall, The University of Western Australia and Ivan Marusic, The University of Melbourne

Leonardo’s interest in the human form and replicating human bodily movement foreshadow ideas present in modern robotics.

A crowd of people moving at different rates is a form of turbulence. from www.shutterstock.com

June 19, 2018

Turbulence isn’t just a science problem

Ivan Marusic, The University of Melbourne; Joy Damousi, The University of Melbourne, and Susan Broomhall, The University of Western Australia

You might be familiar with turbulence as you experience it on a plane, or as scholars describe combustible forces of social change. But understanding how it operates is far more complex.

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