Bio-hybrid scaling checks

Three scaling checks. Illustrative constants; the scalings are the content.

gecko_contact_mN

5um	0.0008
20um	0.0126
50um	0.0785

wicking_time_s

0.1mm	0.0
1.0mm	0.022
5.0mm	0.556

insulation_thickness_mm

5	400.0
15	1200.0
30	2400.0

The pattern: every biological mechanism scales with area or with the square of a length, while the engineering demand scales with volume or with the cube — so a transfer that works at the biological scale fails by one power of size.

Limits

Illustrative constants, no measurement.

Incoprea Research · mirrored study, 3 November 2026. Composition and computation. No experiment performed.