Sharks, Thorny Devils & Geckos
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Originally published Apr 15, 2008 by AAqtash
Link to original source » core.form-ula.com
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But the main reason biomimetics hasn’t yet come of age is that from an engineering standpoint, nature is famously, fabulously, wantonly complex. Evolution doesn’t “design” a fly’s wing or a lizard’s foot by working toward a final goal, as an engineer would—it blindly cobbles together myriad random experiments over thousands of generations, resulting in wonderfully inelegant organisms whose goal is to stay alive long enough to produce the next generation and launch the next round of random experiments.
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Elaborate article, describing different “design by nature” examples, including pictures.
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Link to original source » core.form-ula.com
Kingfisher, Boxfish & Bacteria
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Published 01. 9.09 by Jaymi Heimbuch
Link to original source (boxfish slide) » treehugger.com
Made aware of by Twitter user @Garden27
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Biomimicry is the art, skill, intuition and science of turning towards nature as inspiration for solving our dilemmas. Nature has millions of years on us in perfecting forms and systems, and it’s about time we humans turn outward when we need answers. The field of biomimicry has already yielded hundreds of solutions. Gathered here in a slideshow are nine facinating examples of biomimicry at work.
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Recommendable Treehugger slide show with 9 concisely described examples of “Biomimicry in Action”
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Link to original source» treehugger.com
A Visit to the Zoo
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Originally published by Dan & Chip Heath November 1, 2009
Link to original source » fastcompany.com
Made aware of by Twitter user » @sonaluna
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Most of us don’t solve problems this way. We start by tapping the local knowledge, and if it’s insufficient, we go looking for specialists. But what if we’re following the wrong protocol? We should stop looking for experts and start looking for analogues. It’s a big world: Chances are someone has solved your problem already. And she might be an anteater.
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Well written article, explaining why companies shall let themselves be inspired by nature and team up with biologists, also describing some examples.
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Link to original source » fastcompany.com