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A new breed of high-rise architecture is in the process of being born, thanks to the collaborative efforts of modern design pioneers. Envisioned as the best sustainable option for meeting world housing demands and decreasing global carbon emissions, wooden mega-structures are now one step closer to becoming a reality. “Big Wood,” a conceptual project to the eVolo 2013 Skyscraper Competition, builds on the premise that wood, when harvested responsibly, is one of the best tools architects and engineers have for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and creating healthy communities. Aspiring to become one of the greenest skyscrapers in the world, Big Wood challenges the way we build our cities and promotes timber as a reliable platform to support tomorrow’s office and residential towers...
Via Lauren Moss
Recently, our green chemist Mark Dorfman wrote a good explanation that he agreed to share with the Biomimicry Education Network: The reason mimicking strategies used by living organisms is a such a rich vein of ...
Robots Get A Makeover With Studio9732 Forbes In fact, Biomimicry 3.8 is a new organization based in Missoula, Montana that trains, equips, and connects engineers, educators, architects, designers, business leaders, and other innovators to...
Mother Nature Network The Lily Impeller: Nature-based design inspires game-changing efficiencies Mother Nature Network He has compiled stories of such nature-based design from around the world, publishing them in his forthcoming book, "The Shark's...
From one paradigm to the next
Business inspection Reflex Labels: Doing away with the pigeonholes
printweek.com
"We have a lot of biomimicry. The design departments are called the greenhouse, because that's where the seeds for ideas are sown.
Last week the Biomimicry 3.8 Institute announced the round-one winners of the Student Design Challenge.
From one paradigm to the next
Biomimicry comes from the word bios, meaning of life and mimesis, meaning to imitate. Biomimicry imitated biological design's processes and laws in order to solve human problems and emulating nature strategy and patterns ...
A new 3D printing process offers hope to kids who need an artificial ear.
Working closely with biologists from Biomimicry 3.8, HOK International has spearheaded this effort and undertaken an extensive study of the local ecosystem, coming up with strategies that work in harmony with local biome as ...
Exploration Architecture has completed the first pilot of its Sahara Forest Project
Participants in a training program in the South Bronx gain something beyond job skills.
Via Flora Moon
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Derrière la start-up Eole Water, située à Manosque, on trouve Marc Parent, fondateur et inventeur d’une technologie permettant de fabriquer de l’eau potable à l’aide d’une éolienne, par condensation de l’air. Et ça n’est pas du vent.
Via Fabien Baceiredo (Efficycle), Raphael Souchier
Young horned ghost crabs change their appearance from day to night for camouflage from predators, a study reveals.
The fact that robots can find their way through a maze without complex navigation strategies suggests the same is true for ants.
Biomimicry (from bios, meaning life, and mimesis, meaning to imitate) is a design discipline that seeks sustainable solutions by emulating nature's time-tested patterns and strategies, e.g., a solar cell inspired by a leaf.
World Economic Forum identifies top 10 emerging technologies for 2013 Nanowerk LLC Blueprints from computer-aided design are sliced into cross-section for print templates, allowing virtually created objects to be used as models for “hard copies”...
Nature and tech are partnering at the San Diego Zoo's Centre for Bioinspiration.
Et si l’économie collaborative n’était-t-elle pas au fond inspirée de la Nature ? C'est l'avis de Gaëtan Dartevelle, co-fondateur de Biomimicry Europa et directeur de Greenloop. - OuiShare
Via Raphael Souchier
Meyers said the bio-composite found in the toucan's beak could inspire the design of ultra-light aircraft and vehicle components. The researchers also describe other strategies to make lightweight objects.
Tough, Light and Strong: Lessons from Nature Could Lead to the Creation of ...
Science Daily (press release)
14, 2013 — In a sweeping review of the field of bio-inspired engineering and biomimicry in the Feb.
Co.Exist
A Blind Fish Inspires New Eyes And Ears For Subs
Co.Exist
Biomimicry--raiding strategies found in nature to design new technologies--is moving ever closer to the sophistication of biology.
Triple Pundit
Encourage Innovation in the Workplace: Give Workers Free Rein
Triple Pundit
Ziba, a design research firm, says that “Our workspace…encourages the sorts of fortunate accidents that lead to new perspectives on vexing problems.
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Whoa..Chicago!
Fascinating place. Must of been a lot of wood to be created.