Discovery Of Design: Biomimicry in Nature
Non-living objects
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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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Even natural objects in our world show evidence of design!
What does a burning river have to with design? Keep exploring to find out!
Cuyahoga River
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