The practice of biomimicry already taps into nature's ingenuity oe for example, the famous hexagonal skin of Norman Foster's Gherkin was inspired by the Venus Flower Basket sponge,
Living nature is full of engineering marvels from the micro to the macro scale that have inspired mankind for centuries says Bharat Bhushan senior author of the study and director of the Nanoprobe Laboratory for Bio-and Nanotechnology and Biomimetics
and then they created synthetic leaf traps or biomimetic plastic surfaces. Traditionally in Bulgaria Serbia and other southeast European countries households with infestations of bed bugs have thwarted the evasive little bloodsuckers by strewing kidney bean leaves on the floor at night.
Unfortunately these biomimetic surfaces don't do the trick quite yet--they snag the bugs but don't trap them.
Some call this activity bionics others call it biomimetics. Whatever you call it it is big business:
Learning from Trees is a classic on biomimetics. Mattheck s lifelong love affair with trees has led to many important innovations in engineering design.
BUSINESS Biosimilars rules Drug-makers keen to sell generic forms of branded biological drugs such as enzymes and antibodies were excited to finally see draft guidance on the matter emerge from the US Food and Drug
which means it is unlikely that even a crafty biomimetic material will be a final solution for a bed bug infestation
#Blades of grass inspire advance in organic solar cellsusing a biomimicking analog of one of nature's most efficient light-harvesting structures blades of grass an international research team led by Alejandro Briseno of the University
This movement in search of biomimetic architecture has forged increasingly unlikely alliances between synthetic biologists, botanists and other scientists with artists,
Colo. who works on infusing biomimetic principles into efficiency projects for corporate and industrial clients.
Right now, biomimetic innovations have provided already revolutionary ideas for how new buildings are cooled and heated, one of the most energy intensive systems in a structure.
a senior biologist at Biomimicry 3. 8. Mead works with designers and architects to translate the biological world into building projects.
REFORESTING CITIES Biomimetic principles are already transforming public spaces in the most densely populated areas of the U s.
Dollens has developed a biomimetic architecture iphone app called Biodesign which explores in a comic-book like fashion the engineering and modeling of the buildings of the future.
THE BUILDINGS ARE ALIVE While today biomimetic architecture incorporate pieces of nature into buildings design,
Biomimetic irrigation system wins James Dyson Awarda concept for efficiently harvesting water to irrigate crops by condensing water underground
Linacre expanded on this concept to create his biomimetic design as a possible solution for growing crops in drought-stricken areas--such as in Australia, his home nation.
HOK formed an alliance in 2007 with Biomimicry 3. 8, a nonprofit that helps organizations
and it has been integrating biomimetic principles into projects such as a Haitian orphanage. Now, HOK and Biomimicry 3. 8 have authored co a report called Genius of Biome,
which serves as a primer to biomimetic design for resiliency based on examples seen in ecologic biomes,
communities of plants and animals that exist in a specific climate. The report focuses on the temperate broadleaf forest biome
biologist and design strategist at Biomimicry 3. 8 and Knittel's co-author on the report.
but for anyone interested in how biomimicry can inform ways to reshape human communities, based on place or habitat.
HOK & Biomimicry 3. 8
Los angeles urban farmers run for officewatching someone water their lush green lawn in a desert landscape should be a surreal image-like a scene from a David lynch or Terry Gilliam film.
'a progressive landscape project focused on water reuse, biomimicry and community. It's about working with nature to create innovative and clever waterways throughout Melbourne--in our backyards and in public spaces.
With available technologies, we can now biomimic an ecosystem best features. If cities learned to take advantage of these new technologies,
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