Tag: Biomimicry - Page 8
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Awesome Biomimicry: Leaf Veins Inspire New Model for Water and Electricity Distribution Networks
A team of biophysicists at Rockefeller University recently published a paper in Physical Review Letters about a new way to design distribution networks based on the veins that carry water and nutrients in
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Underwater Bugs in Medicine - Caddisfly Silk Inspires Scotch Tape Solution for Surgeries
This is a caddisfly larva, or a rock roller as it is also known. It's a strange
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Architects Could Learn A Lot From Termites
If only human architects could build so well. Philip Ball in the New Scientist describes how green and sophisticated it is:Its buttressed towers are built entirely from natural, biodegradable materials. Its inhabitants live
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Scientists Unlock One Mystery of Photosynthesis
It is one of the mysteries that makes life on earth possible: plants can grab energy out of sunlight and convert it into chemical energy. This energy works its way up the food chain. Without it, we could
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Ant Weight-Lifting 'Champ' Hoists 100x Its Own Weight
To a human, 500 milligrams is the size of a vitamin pill. But to an ant, it's 100 times its body weight, making lifting it the equivalent of the average American man hoisting 19,000 pounds -- with his teeth.
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Migrating Insects Use Wind to Travel Efficiently at Speeds of up to 60 MPH
Photo: Wikipedia, CC What Can We Learn From The Highways in the Sky digg_url = 'http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/02/migrating-insects-fast-winds-60mph-science-study-biomimicry.php';Science recently published a study titled "Flight Orientation
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Spider Webs Offer Biomimetic Inspiration for Dew Catchers in Developing Countries
With the help of a scanning electron microscope, Chinese scientists have figured out the secret architecture to spiders' webs that make them incredibly effective at catching dew. Cracking into the mystery could mean
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Airports Use Antacid to Fight Ice and Snow
Last week, the temporary closing of Frankfurt's airport in Germany, due to bad winter weather, affected 8000 people. In order to fight the ice and snow, the airport used 700.000 litres of antacid to get rid of the three-day snowfall. This is
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Scientists Look to Cockroaches as Biomimicry Solution for Super Powered Running Robots
It's generally agreed that cockroaches are a feat of evolution, and they certainly move incredibly well on their six legs. Which is why researchers at Oregon State University are using them as a source of inspiration
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Kangaroos May Inspire 'Anti-Cancer' Skin Cream
Photo: Public domain DNA Repair in a Pouch digg_url = 'http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/12/kangaroos-anti-cancer-cream-dna-repair-enzymes.php';Getting some time in the sun is probably good for you since most of us are deficient in vitamin D, but it
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Razor Clams are Inspiration for RoboClam, a Robotic Sand-Digging Anchor (Video)
Biomimicry is again at the heart of new technology, this time for a solution to creating a better anchor. "The best anchoring technology out there is an order or magnitude worse than the clam - most are two or three orders worse," says
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Qualcomm's Upcoming e-Reader Will Mimic Butterfly Wings for Energy-Sipping Color Displays (Video)
One of the primary aspects of e-Reader devices that are driving competition against one another is the display, with manufacturers looking at how energy efficient, how easy on the eyes, how readable in daylight, and how colorful
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How Insects Do Graphic Design
Yesterday the exhibition Bits 'n Pieces launched at Material Connexion in New York, a dialogue between the analog and the digital technologies within design in a post-digital era. What grabbed our attention in the busy space during the opening, were
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Pollution-Patrolling Robotic Fish Have "Muscle" Movement Like Real Fish
Credit: G.L. Kohuth, Michigan State University digg_url = 'http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/11/pollution-patrolling-robotic-fish-have-muscle-movement-like-real-fish.php'; We've heard a lot about robotic fish over the last year, including that
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The Sahara Forest Project Is a Visionary "Do"
I recently returned from the Do Lectures in Wales, a collection of talks given by visionary people who've decided to put their ideas into action; to "do." I walked away inspired by nearly all of the lectures, but
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Flapping Wind Turbine Inspired by Bumble Bee Wings
Images: Jetson Green Biomimicry is everywhere these days. It seems increasingly clear that design inspired by nature will play a great big role in our energy future. Case in point: Green Wavelength, an up-and-coming California engineering biz, has
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Biomimicry in Medicine: Sharkskin-Inspired Material Stops Bacterial Breakouts
Sharklet Technologies, a Florida-based biotech company, has figured out a way to capitalize on shark skin - specifically on the way parasites and bacteria can't stick to sharks. The trick is in the pattern of the skin's surface.
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Shrimps' Eyes Are Biomimetic Solutions to Better DVD Players
Mantis shrimp - giant shrimp living on Australia's Great Barrier Reef - are being eyeballed (har har) as holding solutions to creating a higher quality DVD player, and it's all because they have the most complex
