Designed by John Briscella using Autodesk software, the Optimal Bow would be perfect for a cybernetic Katniss Everdeen.
Humans have been building bows for thousands of years—there's some evidence that they go back 70,000 years—but can computers design one? That's the question amateur archer John Briscella of the Brooklyn-based Aminimal Studio recently asked. The result of his exploration is the Optimal Bow, an aluminum arrow shooter designed algorithmically.