Biomimicry
“The spinneret glands found on the abdomen of a spider produce six different types of silk which are spun together into a fibre tougher than any fibre humans have ever made. The nearest we have come is with Aramid fibre, which involves extremes of temperature, extremes of pressure and loads of pollution. The spider manages to do it at ambient temperature and pressure, with raw materials of
dead flies and water. It suggests we’ve still got a bit to learn.”
Michael Pawlyn, 2011
dead flies and water. It suggests we’ve still got a bit to learn.”
Michael Pawlyn, 2011
3.8 billion years of adaptation have produced in nature the most efficient and sustainable designs and strategies for solving problems we could ever hope to encounter.
Biomimetic concepts offer the potential to engineer ingenious systems and processes, often functioning at ambient temperatures, and fueled by abundant and renewable resources, to provide, as in nature, a truly sustainable way of living.
Biomimetic concepts offer the potential to engineer ingenious systems and processes, often functioning at ambient temperatures, and fueled by abundant and renewable resources, to provide, as in nature, a truly sustainable way of living.
Watch Janine Benyus, author of Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature speaking on TED.com in 2009:
