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DESIGN BY NATURE - BIOMIMITCS
biologist
Andrew Parker
The thorny devil—a small lizard that can collect the water in desert
to make a device to help
people collect water in the desert.
Australian desert
His studies
of the body coverings of butterflies and beetles
have led to brighter screens for cell phones
45-million-year-old fly trapped in amber- shape of its eye’s surface
reduced light reflection.
This shape is now
being used in solar panels to make them more
efficient
Michael Rubner and Robert Cohen
Mark Cutkosky
Stanford University in California
tiny lizard’s feet that
allow it to run up and down vertical walls
robot gecko
Stickybot a robot that can walk up
and down smooth vertical surfaces.
Professor Ronald Fearing
of the University of
California
tiny robot fly
surveillance7 or rescue
operations
United States
researchers
are looking at the shape of humpback whale fins
generate more electric energy
The shape of the body of a certain fish has
inspired designers at Mercedes-Benz
termites keep their large mounds at the right temperature
and humidity
architects in Zimbabwe
in Japan a painless needle similar proboscis of a mosquito.
Velcro
The material was
invented in 1948 by Swiss engineer
George de Mestral
copied the
way seeds called cockleburs stuck to
his dog’s fur
Swimmers can now swim faster - sharkskin
A type of glass has been created that draws
inspiration from spider webs.Birds can see the
ultraviolet reflective strands in the glass, and thus
avoid flying into it
lotus -water-repelling sealant
that can be sprayed on surfaces
High-speed trains have long beak-shaped noses,
modeled after the kingfisher bird