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• Origami and Math

  
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   From the BBC:    Better Origami and the intricate relationship of form in nature and mathematics.  The folding of paper, genes and telescopes.  " ... Paper folding isn’t just an art, it can help fit everything on spacecraft from solar panels to telescope mirrors. Two scientists say they have devised a better ...
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• Top 10 Materials That Emulate Nature

  
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  Scientists know they won’t find any better teacher than Mother Nature, and because of that they have created a field of research that focuses on imitating nature called biomimetics. Biomimicry is a conscious emulation of the natural world around us for smart efficiency and innovation. 1. Biomedical Plastics ...
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• Harvesting Electricity From Plants — Plant-Based Energy Generation

  
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  Harvesting electricity directly from the best solar power plants in the world (photosynthetic plants)? Sound too good to be true? Well it may be a possibility in the near future, thanks to new research from the University of Georgia. Image Credit: Leaf via Wikimedia Commons Researchers there have developed ...
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• Super Solar Collector

  
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  Scientific breakthroughs often follow a collective focus on an issue or problem. When a tipping point is reached, the combination of small solutions across sectors spurs a giant leap forward. Renewable energy development has been a growing focus of international research over the last 3-4 decades and advances in clean ...
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• IBM Research Combines Strategies from Multiple Industries to Create a Super Solar Collector

  
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  Scientific breakthroughs often follow a collective focus on an issue or problem. When a tipping point is reached, the combination of small solutions across sectors spurs a giant leap forward. Renewable energy development has been a growing focus of international research over the last 3-4 decades and advances in ...
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• Insect Eyes Inspire Wide View Camera with Zero Distortion

  
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  Insects like dragonflies, ants, and praying mantises are well-known for their bulging, compound eyes. Scientists have long known that though insect eyes can neither focus nor move, they...
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• The bionic ear is closer than you think with new apps, implants, and biomimetic mics

  
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  It’s not a secret that replicating what the human brain and senses do naturally still presents a substantial challenge in engineering. New advances in restoring and improving hearing are getting closer to the real thing by going mobile and taking cues from nature. A little yellow fly that lays parasitic eggs is ...
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• Can sharks, algae help win the war against superbugs?

  
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  Two technologies based on marine organisms offer hope for the growing problem of antibiotic resistant infections.
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• Bats tongue could inspire miniature surgical robot design

  
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  Nectar-feeding bats shift the shape of their tongue to slurp up sugar from flowers upon which they feed, finds a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences .
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• Seahorse tails may hold key to flexible robotic tentacles

  
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  The meaning of the word biomimicry is being devalued and inflated, to the point that any technology or design with the vaguest resemblance to something in the natural world tends to have the word unthinkingly applied to it. PR people in the automotive and architectural fields are now particularly fond of the word. So ...
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• What Lean 3P should take from Biomimicry

  
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  In a recent blog post, Lean 3P Design more Humanistic by Going Back to Nature , I discussed the Lean 3P 3P idea of looking to nature, to try to find solutions to the problems you’re trying to solve. In a Design Thinking Network thread, Limits of Organic Architecture , I was introduced to the principles of ...
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• Biomimicry – How Doing It Nature’s Way Will Change The Way We Live

  
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  The disappearance of a major natural unit of vegetation from the face of the earth is an event worthy of causing pause and consideration by any nation. Yet so gradually has the prairie been conquered by the breaking plow, the tractor, and the overcrowded herds of man…that scant attention has been given to the ...
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• Dry Adhesive Helps Drones Land on Walls, Ceilings

  
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  When I’ve covered biomimicry in robotics in the past, it’s usually been in the context of how the drone or robot flies or walks. In a slightly different spin on technology modeled on nature, researchers at Stanford and the University of Maryland have come up with a small flying drone (the AVL Microquad) that can ...
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• Aerobatic Robot Bird Fools Real Birds

  
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  Flying Robots  University of Maryland Professors S. K. Gupta and Hugh Bruck and their students have developed and demonstrated a new robotic bird, "Robo Raven," whose wings flap... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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• Camera Inspired by Insect Eyes

  
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  In Science Mag . A new camera that was inspired by an alternative model for sight, using multiple individual lenses to focus on objects.  The claim is that the result will be far more accurate and sensitive to motion.  Future drone eyes?  Current cameras and the human eye use a singe lens model.   An example of ...
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• FlipperBot robot locomotion inspired by sea turtle hatchlings

  
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  Collaboration in an interdisciplinary team of researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), Northwestern University and Temple University led to development of a robot inspired by sea turtle hatchlings. Named FlipperBot, the robot is being developed for better understanding of principles that govern ...
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• The Magic Garden – Mamou-Mani ltd.

  
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  The Magic Garden is an installation by  Mamou-Mani  is part of the Regent Street Window Project 2013 organized by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA). It has been designed to animate and seamlessly link all the windows of the store with one beautiful fluid form. By using both digital and physical ...
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• Robotic Sea Turtle Scoots Over Sandy Surfaces [Video]

  
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  Do you need a robot that can move easily over loose sand, perhaps to serve drinks at your next beach party? Georgia Tech may be able to help you out. Last month, the University debuted a lizard inspired robot that can run over sand . This morning, they’re back with another robot designed to scamper adorably ...
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• Our Place in the World

  
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  My eldest son, Harry, is mad about nature. If you ask him "What would you like to do this weekend?", hell respond with the name of one of half-a-dozen nature reserves. At six years old, his knowledge of birds in particular is quite remarkable - hell spot a nuthatch or a reed warbler from quite a distance. As most ...
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• Biomimicry is a Blast!

  
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  What better way to celebrate Earth Day than by committing to make every day Earth Day? If youve ever wondered how you can make your passion for the environment a career choice, we have discovered one of the most invigorating ways to do that!
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