Bioinspired Design Review | October 2023

BIOINSPIRED
DESIGN
REVIEW
IDEA REPORT 💡OCT 2023

💡15 | BEETLE BRIGHTNESS
🪲✨🎨 Cyphochilus beetles, native to Southeast
Asia, are known for their exceptionally radiant
white color that envelops their entire exoskeleton.
This beetle can inspire a myriad of applications,
ranging from improving the radiance of paints to
enhancing the whiteness of our teeth and even
boosting the efficiency of white light sources.
📰 https://lnkd.in/gemE3_fD
BIOINSPIRED DESIGN REVIEW | IDEA REPORT 💡 OCTOBER 2023

🌐🔍🐝 Bioinspired Geolocationing involves
mimicking nature's polarization-based navigation
systems to determine precise geographical
locations. By emulating how creatures like insects
use polarization patterns, this technology aims to
achieve accurate geolocalization in various
environments.
📰 https://lnkd.in/gyfgAVqT
💡14 | INSECT GEOLOCATION

🦇 🚀🔍 Bats' adaptive echolocating strategies
for tracking targets can inspire improved artificial
sonar tracking and navigation systems. It can help
reduce collisions in self-driving cars by inspiring
technology that helps them see better around the
corners.
📰 https://lnkd.in/g6-UMd3U
💡13 | BAT MOBILITY

🦟🪶🖨️ Researchers have unlocked the
ingenious design of earwig wings, inspiring a 4D
printing innovation. These wings can expand 10
times their size, self-fold without muscle power, and
serve as models for self-locking origami structures.
Potential applications include foldable electronics,
space travel components, and everyday items like
tents and maps.
📰 https://lnkd.in/gCDjcVHM
💡12 | BIOINSPIRED ORIGAMI

🦅🛩️🚁 The burgeoning field of bioinspired
drones is poised to transform how we approach
aerial technology. Bioinspired drones mimic
nature's design for agility and efficiency, enabling
versatile applications from search and rescue to
environmental monitoring.
📰 https://lnkd.in/gCDjcVHM
💡11 | BIOINSPIRED DRONE

🐙🌊✨ Jellyfish, intriguing inhabitants of the
deep sea, have left a significant impact on the
realms of science, technology, and cell biology.
They've inspired the development of self-healing
materials and played a role in the advancement of
bioluminescent lighting.
📰 https://lnkd.in/gSkvbctm
💡10 | JELLYFISH MATERIALS

🚱💡🏝️With the world grappling with a dire
shortage of clean water, a groundbreaking solution
rooted in nature emerges as a source of hope --
desalination technology inspired by mangroves, a
group of salt-tolerant trees and shrubs that grow in
coastal intertidal zones and brackish water
environments
📰 https://lnkd.in/g5matQ8m
💡9 | MANGROVE DESALINATION

☕🏗️♻️Coffee waste, in particular, spent coffee
grounds (SCG), the byproduct of brewing, poses a
significant environmental challenge. According to
recent research, spent coffee grounds can also
replace sand, making construction 30% more robust
and sustainable.
📰 https://lnkd.in/gruEzFjn
💡8 | COFFEE CONSTRUCTION

🌱🧶 🥛 Milk fiber, also known as milk wool, is a
remarkable innovation in the realm of sustainable
textiles. This regenerated protein fiber, derived from
casein protein found in milk, offers intriguing
potential applications that are novel and
sustainable.
📰 https://lnkd.in/gv5pTP8p
💡7 | MILK TEXTILES

🍃🌦️🌲The western redcedar (Thuja plicata),
showcases an incredible ability to channel water
during heavy rainfall, keeping the ground
underneath it dry. Researchers have replicated this
system by using an easily fabricated mesh,
harnessing its macro surface structure.
📰 https://lnkd.in/gbnv2Pyq
💡6 | REDCEDAR WATER CHANNEL

🌱♻️🍶Icelandic design student Ari Jonsson has
created a functional water bottle made of agar, a
substance derived from algae, which decomposes
into biological matter once empty, addressing the
issue of plastic waste from disposable bottles while
initiating a discussion on sustainable packaging
materials.
📰 https://lnkd.in/gErbfXpD
💡5 | ALGAE BOTTLES

🌵🔬 💧Engineers from the University of Texas
at El Paso find inspiration in the resilient prickly
pear cactus for electrolysis – splitting water
molecules into hydrogen and oxygen. The "Cactus-
inspired" concept enhances electron movement,
fueling increased electrochemical reactions and
hydrogen generation.
📰 https://lnkd.in/gXk8EUQy
💡4 | CACTUS ELECTROLYSIS

🤔🌊🌍 Could stadiums be nomadic? Vincent
Callebaut Architectures envisions Oceaniums –
floating sports hubs powered by renewables.
Oceaniums are not just stadiums; they're recycled
wonders born from the ocean's plastic waste.
💡3 | FLOATING SPORTS HUBS

🔬🐜🎤Researchers at the University of
Strathclyde, in Glasgow are drawing inspiration
from insect ears to revolutionize microphone
design. By mimicking the intricate structures of
insect tympana, 3D-printed microphones are being
developed to detect sound direction with precision.
💡2 | BUG MICROPHONES

🔬🌱✨Researchers at Imperial College London
have unveiled a groundbreaking innovation: the
Multi-Generation Photovoltaic Leaf. This bioinspired
marvel harnesses the genius of nature to produce
electricity, energy, and water, all in one efficient
system.
📰 https://lnkd.in/g-tHmzy3
💡1 | PHOTOVOLTAIC LEAF

🤝https://lnkd.in/gn7tSPmT
Let's keep the conversation buzzing about bioinspired
design and how it can shape a more sustainable and
innovative future. 🌿🌏🚀
#BioinspiredDesign #Bioinspiration
#InnovateWithNature
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