“Integrating all of our senses in the exploration of the design strategy found in nature”
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Rowan Edwards
A structure in arid climate inspired by a desert snail. Biomimicry, the application of nature's principles to solve problems, is an emerging influence in modern day green building and other design and technology. 
Energy efficiency has often been called the "low-hanging fruit" of our battle against climate change. 
The Born to Run Organization seeks to support the ongoing investigation of the human art of running without having to support a single viewpoint or brand. 
Sustainability is not just an interesting topic that should be glanced at and set aside, but rather it should lie at the core of every architect's design process. Buildings ... The U.S. 
To thrive in the future, business must look to nature and make a paradigm shift from separated to interconnected thinking... 
... “waste makers” with artists, teachers etc. via project called “Zero Landfill” in 25 US cities. Biomimicry is an organizing principle as a design strategy – they looked at honeybees in order to learn how waste can be better managed/repurposed. 
The 'living' micro-robot that could detect diseases in humans... 
Researchers at the University of Texas (Dallas) and Virginia Tech experiment with a robot that runs of hydrogen and oxygen. 
"Reusing buildings rather than constructing new ones is clearly beneficial to society in terms of reduced resource consumption and waste, assuming that the new and renovated buildings operate with similar efficiencies. But how much is the benefit?..." Via Raphael Souchier Five Teams Remain In BCVC CompetitionThe Heights (subscription)Beyond construction, the team incorporates 14 principles to build a truly innovative business model that is designed for financial, social, and environmental sustainability. |
Sprawling from Grace is a documentary feature film about the unintended consequences of suburban sprawl. It illustrates the importance of altering the course of how we develop our nation’s ci... Via Flora Moon 
biomimicry KTH. nature-inspired architecture & urbanism ... The remarkable design of Venus' Flower Basket contains core construction strategies used in civil and mechanical engineering, and at a scale 1000 times smaller. 
(Reuters) - Car panels made of silkworm cocoons, clothing that can camouflage the wearer at the flick of a switch and a smart shirt with a phone and power source embedded in the fabric.Scientists, some... 
Can and should principles of biomimicry be applied to fashion design? Kate Fletcher and Lynda Grose discuss the pros and pitfalls in this excerpt from Fashion & Sustainability: Design for Change. 
Swarming Crabs Act Like Energy Efficient Computers... Patrick Govang, a green-tech innovator, shares his disruptive model to enable local economic & resource sustainability in manufacturing. As the founder and C... Learn From Nature Biomimicry is a new science that studies nature's models and the emulates these forms, processes, and strategies to solve human problems. 
Could tiny robots one day swim through our bodies to detect disease? 
An excellent new quarterly on Biologically inspired design. 
[1] We argue that activating urban life in shrinking cities will mean developing design strategies that achieve more with less. This will mean the .... Snail-Inspired Green Building Wins Biomimicry Student Design Competition ... 
Scientists are using algorithms based on ant behavior to optimize the performance of robots in a parts warehouse. |
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