{"id":232207,"date":"2026-02-27T05:29:54","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T11:29:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/sea-urchin-spines-inspire-self-powered-underwater-sensors"},"modified":"2026-02-27T05:29:54","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T11:29:54","slug":"sea-urchin-spines-inspire-self-powered-underwater-sensors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/sea-urchin-spines-inspire-self-powered-underwater-sensors","title":{"rendered":"Sea urchin spines inspire self-powered underwater sensors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/sea-urchin-spines-inspire-self-powered-underwater-sensors2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nature does it again! The natural world has a knack for giving us the blueprints for some useful technologies, and the humble sea urchin is the latest contributor. Scientists have designed a new class of smart sensors by mimicking the internal architecture found in their spines.<\/p>\n<p>Sea urchins are covered in movable spines that have long been thought of as a form of deterrent and protection against predators. But according to a new study <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41586-026-10164-9\" target=\"_blank\">published<\/a> in the journal Nature, they are also sophisticated sensing tools.<\/p>\n<p>Shield and sensor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nature does it again! The natural world has a knack for giving us the blueprints for some useful technologies, and the humble sea urchin is the latest contributor. Scientists have designed a new class of smart sensors by mimicking the internal architecture found in their spines. Sea urchins are covered in movable spines that have [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1694],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-232207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-electronics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232207"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232207\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}