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BIOMIMICRY

For any human engineering or design problem we face today, the chances are good that over the last billion or so years nature has devised and optimized at least one elegant, holistic, sustainable solution. Biomimicry actively seeks out those best-in-class designs and "manufacturing" methods and applies them to today's pressing needs. Biomimicry can improve businesses by helping them find nature’s best ideas and then imitate these designs and processes to solve problems.

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Video: Fast Draw: Eating In The 'Old Days'more

we compare to our ancestors of old? Mitch Butler and Josh Landis explain. Share: Recommended The Fast Draw: Biomimicry...

Mother Nature's Design Workshopmore

the characteristics of houseflies, bees, dragonflies, and other small creatures. It's a field known as biomimetics or...

The Anthozoans Are Coming to Save Us! Corals Offer Concrete Solutions ...more

their eventual business model, I'm sure the anthozoans will be pleased at their success. Tom McKeag teaches...

Solution inspired by naturemore

their way. A senior scientist at defence company BAE Systems, Alex Parfitt, has worked on a number of biomimicry...

Canada may miss golden opportunitymore

s not just about efficiency; often, cleantech involves redesigning industrial processes using new ways of thinking,...

Global Challenges of Sustainability Call for Action and Solutionsmore

create provocative conversations and are 'standing room only'; previous lecturers include: Sir Crispin Tickell (Oxford...

BioPower Systems Collaborates With City of San Francisco on Wave Energ...more

BioPower Systems, is commercialising wave and tidal energy systems that incorporate revolutionary designs based on the...

On "A Problem-Solver's Guide"more

an article by Dan Heath and Chip Heath for Fast Company. The article looks at how P&G explored biomimicry with the...

At the Bioneers Conference, Living Building Challenge is a Growing Ide...more

design buildings as efficient and elegant, I thought I would look at it in light of my interest, biomimicry.

ASR, LTD. Announces Completion of Europe's First Multi-Purpose Reefmore

already been making the artificial surf reef at Boscombe their home.' What is a Multi-Purpose Reef? Using cutting-edge...

San Diego Zoo's Newest Exhibit: Innovationmore

with visitors and finding lucrative revenue sources such as long-term business consulting and events like a recent...

A Problem-Solver's Guide to Copycattingmore

logical thing: He took his team to the San Diego Zoo. The zoo is developing a specialty in biomimicry, a discipline...

Rathaus Terraces: Mixed-Use Development for Medieval German Citymore

2008 Holiday Gift Guide About Accessories and ADVERTISE Air quality Announcements Appliances ASK INHABITAT automotive...

Using Innovation for Growthmore

with visitors and finding lucrative revenue sources such as long-term business consulting and events like a recent...

Using Innovation for Growthmore

with visitors and finding lucrative revenue sources such as long-term business consulting and events like a recent...

Do environmentally friendly outdoor jackets exist?more

spent time observing what keeps animals warm and dry before designing his fabric system, Nikwax Analogy.

Biomimicry, the Zoo, and San Diego Toomore

The Biomimicry Symposium held October 1-2 in There are an estimated 30 million species on earth, of which about 1.

How to Design for a Post-Consumption Economy GreenerDesign.commore

approaches. Maybe they start with the target (zero-waste) and reverse engineer, or perhaps they look to nature and...

Anti-virus software is modelled on antsmore

and robotics. Alex Parfitt, a senior scientist at defence company BAE Systems, has worked on a number of biomimicry...

Why Are the Majority of Things We Consume Inherently Unsustainable?more

Packard, and another seven years in the nonprofit sector. Lynelle is on the Board of Directors of the Biomimicry...

Photos: solidThinking, Inc. Introduces morphogenesis(TM) Form Generati...more

News Release, go to: http://www.prnewswire.com/mnr/solidthinking/39369/ (Photo:...

President Clinton to Present Keynote Address at College & Universi...more

founding chair of the Society for Organizational Learning; and Janine Benyus, biologist and author of six books...

Cleveland's Green-Thinking Entrepreneursmore

were particularly influenced by an August 2007 meeting at which consultant Janine Benyus spoke about the benefits of...

Evolution Meets Creation in Biomimicrymore

a shellfish and a sheet of plywood. But both sea creatures are the inspiration behind products designed using...

Technologists turn to animals and plants to solve their problemsmore

based on their innovations. Speaking at TEDGlobal in Oxford yesterday, Janine Benyus, who specialises in the field of...

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