Discovery Of Design: Biomimicry in Nature
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Microorganisms
Diatom-Nanotechnology
Slime Mold - Highway Design
Small Creatures
Caterpillar - Rolling Robot
Dragonfly-Surveillance
Dung Beetle-Night Vision
Grasshopper - Plastic
Hercules Beetle - Humidity Detector
Honeybee - Chemical Detection
Melanophila Beetle-Infrared Detection
Mosquito needle
Moth - Antireflective Coating
Shiny Bugs
Spider glue - Smart Materials
Spider Web - Artificial Silk
Weevil - Screw and nut
Flight
Eagle Eye - Sunglasses
Flying Fish - Aircraft
Hummingbird - Flying Spybot
Kingfisher-Bullet train
Pigeon - Unmanned Flight
Seagull - Heating and Cooling
Wandering Albatross-unmanned aircraft
Woodpecker - Shock Absorber
Underwater
Crayfish Tail - Space Robots
Dophin-Monophin
Dolphin-Tsunami
Dragonfish - Night Vision
Electric Eel - Medical Implant
Pilot Whale - Ship Design
Sea Anemone - Drug Injection
Sea Cucumber-Brain Implant
Sea Mouse
Sharkskin- Bacterial Barrier
Shrimp Eye - Digital Storage
Snail - Robotics
Squid - Arresting device
Zebrafish-Hearing
Land Animals
Alligator Blood - Antibiotics
Dog Drying
Dog Paw-Shoes
Rodent teeth-Saw blade
Sandfish Lizard-Robotics
Thorny Desert Lizard - Water collector
People
Eardrum - Telephone
Eyelid-Windshield Wipers
Eye retina - camera
Femur-Eiffel Tower
Our Brain - Supercomputer
Saliva-Healing
Vegetation
Desert Rhubarb-Water collector
Leaf - Solar collector
Pitcher Plant - Frictionless Surface
Power Leaf
Sugar Beet - Deicer
Non-living objects
Plastic - Refrigeration
River - Erosion control
Salt - Nanowire
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There are lots of interesting and scary creatures underwater!
What kinds of design do we find down there?
Explore the design examples to see for yourself!
Dolphins
Dolphin Fins
Sea Mouse
Sea Slug
Zebrafish
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