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biomimicry + biomimetics
'Biomimicry (from bios, meaning life, and mimesis, meaning to imitate) is a new science that studies nature's best ideas and then imitates these designs and processes to solve human problems. Studying a leaf to invent a better solar cell is an example. I think of it as “innovation inspired by nature.”'' Janine Benyus
projects
- Rodney Brooks has designed + built several robots based on observations of insects (eg http://www.ai.mit.edu/projects/boadicea/)
- Stanford university, Biomimetic robotics → http://www-cdr.stanford.edu/biomimetics/
- Amorphous computing http://www.swiss.ai.mit.edu/projects/amorphous/
design / problem solving
- “PPSN - Parallel Problem Solving from Nature” conferences http://ls11-www.cs.uni-dortmund.de/PPSN/
- gecko feet stickers
links//reading
- biomimicry FAQ http://www.biomimicry.org/faq.html
- biomorphic rebotics links http://www.iguana-robotics.com/RobotUniverse/
- sLowlife exhibition: http://plantsinmotion.bio.indiana.edu:16080/usbg/
- “Ideas Stolen Right From Nature” > http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,65642,00.html
- biomimicry 101 > http://www.worldchanging.com/archives//004639.html
videos / / lectures
Janine Benyus
- “Janine Benyus: 12 sustainable design ideas from nature” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n77BfxnVlyc
Biomimicry Explained
“Janine Benyus describes how biomimicry works, pointing to its origins in early human history. She explains how and why western industrial nations are only now rediscovering the profound implications that biomimicry has for the future of design. She then highlights examples that illustrate how biomimicry has led to the creation of world famous buildings and other innovations.” [4:17]
http://www.bigpicture.tv/videos/watch/45fbc6d3e
Biomimetic Design, 3parts ~5mins each
Robots inspired by animals
Plant time lapses
- slime mould - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GScyw3ammmk
Hylozoic kinetic sculpture
weaver bird
- Work inspired by… http://recuerdas.blogspot.com/2006/03/nesting-video-installation.html
bird singing: Dawn Chorus by Marcus Coates
Spider silk