Discovery Of Design: Biomimicry in Nature
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Microorganisms
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Small Creatures
Caterpillar - Rolling Robot
Dragonfly-Surveillance
Dung Beetle-Night Vision
Firefly - Improved Light Emitting Diode
Hercules Beetle - Humidity Detector
Honeybee - Chemical Detection
Grasshopper - Plastic
Melanophila Beetle-Infrared Detection
Morpho Butterfly - Heat Sensor
Moth - Antireflective Coating
Mosquito needle
Shiny Bugs
Slime Mold - Highway Design
Spider glue - Smart Materials
Spider Web - Artificial Silk
Spider Web - Bird-Friendly Glass
Weevil - Screw and nut
Flight
Eagle Eye - Sunglasses
Flying Fish - Aircraft
Hummingbird - Flying Spybot
Kingfisher-Bullet train
Peregrine Falcon - Jet Engine
Pigeon - Unmanned Flight
Seagull - Heating and Cooling
Wandering Albatross-unmanned aircraft
Woodpecker - Shock Absorber
Underwater
Arapaima Fish - Strong Material
Crayfish Tail - Space Robots
Dolphin-Monophin
Dolphin - Tsunami Warning System
Dragonfish - Night Vision
Electric Eel - Medical Implant
Jellyfish - Submarine
Killer Whales - Undersea Hydrophone
Pilot Whale - Ship Design
Razor Clam - Anchor
Sea Anemone - Drug Injection
Sea Cucumber-Brain Implant
Sea Mouse
Sea Urchin - Self-sharpening Tools
Sharkskin- Bacterial Barrier
Shrimp Eye - Digital Storage
Snail - Robotics
Squid - Arresting device
Zebrafish-Hearing
Land Animals
Alligator Blood - Antibiotics
Camel Nostril - Water Desalinization
Cat Claw - Safety Thumbtack
Chameleon Tongue - Robotics
Dog Drying
Dog Paw-Shoes
Gecko - Electronics Printing
Lizard Tail - Versatile Robots
Polar Bear - Insulation
Rodent teeth-Saw blade
Sandfish Lizard-Robotics
Scorpion - Resistant Surfaces
Snake - Robotics
Stegosaur plate - Wind Turbine
Thorny Desert Lizard - Water collector
Tree Frog - Adhesive
People
DNA - Computer Memory
Eardrum - Telephone
Eye Lens - Zoom Camera
Eyelid-Windshield Wipers
Eye retina - camera
Femur-Eiffel Tower
Intestine - Fuel Tank
Lungs - Carbon Dioxide Filter
Our Brain - Supercomputer
Saliva-Healing
Vegetation
Bladderwort - Fluid Mechanics
Cucumber vine - Spring
Desert Rhubarb-Water collector
Horsetail - Logarithms
Leaf - Solar collector
Miracle Tree - Clean Water
Pitcher Plant - Frictionless Surface
Plant Leaf - Flexible Robotics
Power Leaf
Sugar Beet - Deicer
Transpiration - Energy Production
Trees - Construction
Tree Spirals - Light-weight Water Bottles
Wood Pulp - Nanomaterial
Non-living objects
Buckyballs - Nanotechnology
Carbon Sheet - Chemical Sensor
Plastic - Refrigeration
River - Erosion control
Salt - Nanowire
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There are lots of interesting and scary creatures underwater!
What kinds of design do we find down there?
Explore the design examples to see for yourself!
Dolphins
Dolphin Fins
Sea Mouse
Sea Slug
Zebrafish
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