Tag: Biomimetics
Bats, Algae, Beetles, Turtles: Cool Design Tricks from Nature
Almost every phylum of life provides inspiration for engineers and inventors.
Flink Fast! Here’s a Biodesign Paper for Happy ID Holidays
Two highly complex creatures, humans and bacteria, team up for a new future, using 3D printing with “functional living ink” — Flink.
Telescope-Like Eyes in a “Simple” Mollusk
Scientists were dumbfounded to find shellfish looking at them with hundreds of elegantly designed eyes.
Don’t Be Frightened! It’s Just a Spider — An Exemplar of Intelligent Design
Spiders are part of the scary iconography of Halloween. But take a moment to appreciate the awesome natural design of their webs, and more.
Nature’s Amazing Machines — Denver Looks at the Marvels of “Natural Engineering”
The Denver Museum of Nature and Science is running an excellent special exhibition featuring examples of the amazing engineering observed in biology.