Discovery Of Design: Biomimicry in Nature
Non-living objects
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Microorganisms
Diatom-Nanotechnology
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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Even natural objects in our world show evidence of design!
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