Biomimicry offers a holistic and deeply rooted method for achieving true sustainability. Nature embodies more than four billion years of experience perfecting the designs and behaviors that make organisms and living systems thrive. This unique presentation was created by a biologist and architectural designer, both professionally trained in Biomimicry and sustainable building design.
Biomimicry as a tool for sustainable products and processesMEGHANAJOSEPH
sustainable products and process, ideas from nature; principles, steps, approaches of biomimicry, forms, process, system, nature vs technology, organizations and institution, case studies, examples, cities the functions as forest
Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by NatureAnne Chen
"Biomimicry - Innovation Inspired by Nature." The Potential Application of Beehives on Capsule Hotels. Date completed: December 2013. Brief: Economics & Ethics in Sustainable Design - Final Project. For our final project, we were asked to select a chapter from Janine N. Benyus's book "Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature", summarize it, then relate it to a separate but related research study of our choosing. The chapter: "How Will We Harness Energy?" The study: "Study of Beehive and its potential 'biomimicry' application on Capsule Hotels in Tokyo, Japan" by Despoina Fragkou and Dr. Vicki Stevenson.
Biomimicry offers a holistic and deeply rooted method for achieving true sustainability. Nature embodies more than four billion years of experience perfecting the designs and behaviors that make organisms and living systems thrive. This unique presentation was created by a biologist and architectural designer, both professionally trained in Biomimicry and sustainable building design.
Biomimicry as a tool for sustainable products and processesMEGHANAJOSEPH
sustainable products and process, ideas from nature; principles, steps, approaches of biomimicry, forms, process, system, nature vs technology, organizations and institution, case studies, examples, cities the functions as forest
Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by NatureAnne Chen
"Biomimicry - Innovation Inspired by Nature." The Potential Application of Beehives on Capsule Hotels. Date completed: December 2013. Brief: Economics & Ethics in Sustainable Design - Final Project. For our final project, we were asked to select a chapter from Janine N. Benyus's book "Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature", summarize it, then relate it to a separate but related research study of our choosing. The chapter: "How Will We Harness Energy?" The study: "Study of Beehive and its potential 'biomimicry' application on Capsule Hotels in Tokyo, Japan" by Despoina Fragkou and Dr. Vicki Stevenson.
A practicing architect, designer and sustainability consultant, Pius is teaching Environmental Design at TongJi University, Shanghai, School of Design and Innovation (D&I). For more than a decade he has researched, designed and taught in the realm of sustainable human environment. His current focus are urban ecology, biomimicry, sustainable materials, place-specific design, sustainable rural development projects, and sustainable mobility projects. Pius is director of the biomimetic design lab (http://bidl.tongji.edu.cn/) at D&I and instrumental in the creation of a Regional Biomimicry Network in China (BCN).
Pius presentation talks about what is biomimicry - its philosophy, goals, essential elements, methodology, most famous examples and current extent and actors, as well as the work in Tongji’s Biomimetic Design Lab.
Biomimicry is the field of science which is inspired from nature by one or the other way. There are thousands of ideas already present in the nature with the help of which we can modify or innovate new things to solve our complexes.
What does nature have to teach us about how to be more successful in our products, buildings, businesses and society?
With 3.8 billion years of experience, it turns out that nature can teach us plenty! In this brief seminar, we’ll begin to explore the new field of biomimicry - what it is, what it isn’t, and how to use it to become more successful in your practices. Examples will include the development of better products, improved performance in business and organizations, and how the Living Building Challenge applies the ideas to the built environment. Wear your running shoes!
This project is on how Biomimicry could aid in developing new materials.
Image displayed in first slide (What is the current theory...) is of the Eden Project (http://www.edenproject.com/).
Bibliography:
Dallon A. (2017 Jan). THE BEST OF BIOMIMICRY: HERE’S 7 BRILLIANT EXAMPLES OF NATURE-INSPIRED DESIGN. Retrieved from http://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/biomimicry-examples/
Ellen MacArthur Foundation. (2015). Schools Of Thought. Retrieved from: https://www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/circular-economy/schools-of-thought/biomimicry
Michael Pawlyn. (Nov 2010). Using nature's genius in architecture. TEDSalon London.URL:https://www.ted.com/talks/michael_pawlyn_using_nature_s_genius_in_architecture/transcript?language=en#t-190000
Rebecca O.B. (2014). Biomimicry: How Nature Can Streamline Your Business For Innovation.Forbes. Retrieved from: https://www.forbes.com/sites/rebeccabagley/2014/04/15/biomimicry-how-nature-can-streamline-your-business-for-innovation/#4cf03e074380
The Biomimicry Institute. (2017). EXAMPLES. Retrieved from https://biomimicry.org/biomimicry-examples/
Wikipedia. (2017). Biomimetics. Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biomimetics
Examples from natural world and man made world based on Bio mimicry principles 3.8. Made during bio mimicry module at NID, Bangalore from June 9, 2014 to June 13, 2014.
This predominantly visual slide show is meant to explain the difference between the concepts of "biophilia" and "biomimicry" for college-level interior design students.
A practicing architect, designer and sustainability consultant, Pius is teaching Environmental Design at TongJi University, Shanghai, School of Design and Innovation (D&I). For more than a decade he has researched, designed and taught in the realm of sustainable human environment. His current focus are urban ecology, biomimicry, sustainable materials, place-specific design, sustainable rural development projects, and sustainable mobility projects. Pius is director of the biomimetic design lab (http://bidl.tongji.edu.cn/) at D&I and instrumental in the creation of a Regional Biomimicry Network in China (BCN).
Pius presentation talks about what is biomimicry - its philosophy, goals, essential elements, methodology, most famous examples and current extent and actors, as well as the work in Tongji’s Biomimetic Design Lab.
Biomimicry is the field of science which is inspired from nature by one or the other way. There are thousands of ideas already present in the nature with the help of which we can modify or innovate new things to solve our complexes.
What does nature have to teach us about how to be more successful in our products, buildings, businesses and society?
With 3.8 billion years of experience, it turns out that nature can teach us plenty! In this brief seminar, we’ll begin to explore the new field of biomimicry - what it is, what it isn’t, and how to use it to become more successful in your practices. Examples will include the development of better products, improved performance in business and organizations, and how the Living Building Challenge applies the ideas to the built environment. Wear your running shoes!
This project is on how Biomimicry could aid in developing new materials.
Image displayed in first slide (What is the current theory...) is of the Eden Project (http://www.edenproject.com/).
Bibliography:
Dallon A. (2017 Jan). THE BEST OF BIOMIMICRY: HERE’S 7 BRILLIANT EXAMPLES OF NATURE-INSPIRED DESIGN. Retrieved from http://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/biomimicry-examples/
Ellen MacArthur Foundation. (2015). Schools Of Thought. Retrieved from: https://www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/circular-economy/schools-of-thought/biomimicry
Michael Pawlyn. (Nov 2010). Using nature's genius in architecture. TEDSalon London.URL:https://www.ted.com/talks/michael_pawlyn_using_nature_s_genius_in_architecture/transcript?language=en#t-190000
Rebecca O.B. (2014). Biomimicry: How Nature Can Streamline Your Business For Innovation.Forbes. Retrieved from: https://www.forbes.com/sites/rebeccabagley/2014/04/15/biomimicry-how-nature-can-streamline-your-business-for-innovation/#4cf03e074380
The Biomimicry Institute. (2017). EXAMPLES. Retrieved from https://biomimicry.org/biomimicry-examples/
Wikipedia. (2017). Biomimetics. Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biomimetics
Examples from natural world and man made world based on Bio mimicry principles 3.8. Made during bio mimicry module at NID, Bangalore from June 9, 2014 to June 13, 2014.
This predominantly visual slide show is meant to explain the difference between the concepts of "biophilia" and "biomimicry" for college-level interior design students.
Future Technology - The World Changing Idea for you!Alan Oviatt
Floating farms, brain wave passwords, and coffee-powered cars are just some of the incredible inventions and innovations that will shape our future. by Alan Oviatt
Bio-Inspiration Engineering from Insects; for HelicoptersMarya Farid
Bioinspiration is the development of novel materials, devices, and structures inspired by solutions found in biological systems.
The goal is to improve modelling of the biological system to attain a better understanding of the nature's structural features.
It is a field based on observing the remarkable functions that characterize living organisms, and trying to imitate those functions. This special biological solution provides some inspiration for scientists and engineers to design multifunctional artificial materials with multiscale structures. Origin: Fascinated by the phenomenon of flight, Leonardo da Vinci produced detailed studies of the flight of birds, and plans for several flying machines, including a helicopter and a light hang glider.
Bio-Inspiration Engineering Designing of Helicopters from Insects like dragonfly and Grasshoppers.
Future technology ideas about to change our world.docxPernambut Blogger
The future is coming, and sooner than you think. These emerging technologies will change the way we live, how we look after our bodies and help us avert a climate disaster.
Technology moves at a rapid pace these days. It can sometimes feel like every single day there is a new technology that is going to revolutionise the future. But with so many massive technological upgrades happening all the time, it is easy to lose track of the amazing ways the world is progressing.
Sometimes new future technologies can offer amazing development, with the possibility of changing the future… while also being incredibly creepy.
This is one way to describe the idea of necrobotics which, as the name suggests, involves turning dead things into robots. While this sounds like a plot to a creepy horror film, this is a technology being explored at Rice University.
A team of researchers turned a dead spider into a robot-like gripper, given the ability to pick up other objects. To achieve this, they take a spider and inject it with air. This works because spiders use hydraulics to force their version of blood (haemolymph) into their limbs, making them extend.
Right now this concept is in its infant stages, but it could mean a future where dead animals are used to further science… it all feels very Frankeinstein-like!
Not every technology bettering our future has to be complicated, some are simple, yet extremely effective.
One of these kind of technologies has come from some Finnish engineers who have found a way to turn sand into a giant battery.
These engineers piled 100 tons of sand into a 4 x 7 metre steel container. All of this sand was then heated up using wind and solar energy.
This heat can then be distributed by a local energy company to provide warmth to buildings in nearby areas. Energy can be stored this way for long periods of time.
All of this occurs through a concept known as resistive heating. This is where a material is heated by the friction of electrical currents.
Sand and any other non-super conductor are warmed by the electricity passing through them generated heat than can be used for energy.
Exo-skeletons
Exo-skeletons have existed for years, both in popular science fiction and real life. But as the years have gone on, the technology has rapidly become more impressive.
Most notably in recent years, we have seen the technology now become more readily available for the young. The Atlas 2030 is described as the most advanced mobile medical exoskeleton designed specifically for children.
While it is not commercially available yet, this technology could aid children in the future, offering a pediatric lower-body medical exoskeleton. This could help children with severe neuromuscular diseases, cerebral palsy or spina bifida walk.
Launching satellites into space
Who would have thought the best way to get satellites into space was with a makeshift catapult! Okay, it is a lot smarter than a catapult but the technology exists in a similar way.
A tiny robot that weighs no more than a bouncy ball can pull objects nearly 2,000 times its size the equivalent of a human pulling a blue whale, according to researchers at Stanford University.
Will we stop packing a water bottle and collect air on-the-go? Will personal straws be the next big thing to ensure we get access to drinking water? Will ancient desalination techniques be our saving grace and enable us to engineer the future of water? Or will the ocean start cleaning itself?
A game called taboo which emphasizes on solar technology. It is a power point presentation which basically is made more interactive using the game called taboo.
Today, we are on the brink of another technological boom. This time, technologies like self-driving vehicles and robot assistants are under development.
Biomimetics: The nano structures and micro structures on a butterfly wing make them hydrophobic and self-cleaning. Butterfly Colors: Optical enhancement, sensing, and the power of invisibility.The researchers report this technique that could be used to make screens on electronics more brilliant.
Unit 8 - Information and Communication Technology (Paper I).pdfThiyagu K
This slides describes the basic concepts of ICT, basics of Email, Emerging Technology and Digital Initiatives in Education. This presentations aligns with the UGC Paper I syllabus.
A Strategic Approach: GenAI in EducationPeter Windle
Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies such as Generative AI, Image Generators and Large Language Models have had a dramatic impact on teaching, learning and assessment over the past 18 months. The most immediate threat AI posed was to Academic Integrity with Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) focusing their efforts on combating the use of GenAI in assessment. Guidelines were developed for staff and students, policies put in place too. Innovative educators have forged paths in the use of Generative AI for teaching, learning and assessments leading to pockets of transformation springing up across HEIs, often with little or no top-down guidance, support or direction.
This Gasta posits a strategic approach to integrating AI into HEIs to prepare staff, students and the curriculum for an evolving world and workplace. We will highlight the advantages of working with these technologies beyond the realm of teaching, learning and assessment by considering prompt engineering skills, industry impact, curriculum changes, and the need for staff upskilling. In contrast, not engaging strategically with Generative AI poses risks, including falling behind peers, missed opportunities and failing to ensure our graduates remain employable. The rapid evolution of AI technologies necessitates a proactive and strategic approach if we are to remain relevant.
Read| The latest issue of The Challenger is here! We are thrilled to announce that our school paper has qualified for the NATIONAL SCHOOLS PRESS CONFERENCE (NSPC) 2024. Thank you for your unwavering support and trust. Dive into the stories that made us stand out!
Operation “Blue Star” is the only event in the history of Independent India where the state went into war with its own people. Even after about 40 years it is not clear if it was culmination of states anger over people of the region, a political game of power or start of dictatorial chapter in the democratic setup.
The people of Punjab felt alienated from main stream due to denial of their just demands during a long democratic struggle since independence. As it happen all over the word, it led to militant struggle with great loss of lives of military, police and civilian personnel. Killing of Indira Gandhi and massacre of innocent Sikhs in Delhi and other India cities was also associated with this movement.
Instructions for Submissions thorugh G- Classroom.pptxJheel Barad
This presentation provides a briefing on how to upload submissions and documents in Google Classroom. It was prepared as part of an orientation for new Sainik School in-service teacher trainees. As a training officer, my goal is to ensure that you are comfortable and proficient with this essential tool for managing assignments and fostering student engagement.
Acetabularia Information For Class 9 .docxvaibhavrinwa19
Acetabularia acetabulum is a single-celled green alga that in its vegetative state is morphologically differentiated into a basal rhizoid and an axially elongated stalk, which bears whorls of branching hairs. The single diploid nucleus resides in the rhizoid.
How to Make a Field invisible in Odoo 17Celine George
It is possible to hide or invisible some fields in odoo. Commonly using “invisible” attribute in the field definition to invisible the fields. This slide will show how to make a field invisible in odoo 17.
1. Biomimicry
The practice of developing sustainable human
technologies inspired by nature. Sometimes called
Biomimetics or Bionics, it's basically biologically inspired
engineering.
2. Velcro
Velcro fastening was invented in 1941 by Swiss engineer George de
Mestral, who took the idea from the burrs that stuck to his dog's hair.
Under the microscope he noted the tiny hooks on the end of the
burr's spines that caught anything with a loop - such as clothing, hair
or animal fur. The 2-part Velcro fastener system uses strips or
patches of a hooked material opposite strips or patches of a loose-
looped weave of nylon that holds the hooks.
The Fly Wall
3. Passive Cooling
• The high-rise Eastgate Centre building in Harare, Zimbabwe was designed
to mimic the way that those tower-building termites in Africa construct their
mounds to maintain a constant temperature. The insects do this by
constantly opening and closing vents throughout the mound to manage
convection currents of air - cooler air is drawn in from open lower sections
while hot air escapes through chimneys. The innovative building uses
similar design and air circulation planning while consuming less than 10% of
the energy used in similar sized conventional buildings!
4. Gecko Tape
Gecko Tape is a material covered with nanoscopic hairs that mimic
those found on the feet of gecko lizards. These millions of tiny,
flexible hairs exert van der Waals forces that provide a powerful
adhesive effect. Applications include underwater and space station
uses. They won't be mass producing gecko tape sneakers and
gloves any time soon, so Spiderman wannabes will have to wait a
while longer!
5. Whalepower Wind Turbine
Inspired by the flippers humpback whales use to enable their surprising
agility in the water, WhalePower has developed turbine blades with bumps
called tubercles on the leading edge that promise greater efficiency in
applications from wind turbines to hydroelectric turbines, irrigation pumps to
ventilation fans. Compared to smooth surface fins, the bumpy humpback
ones have 32% less drag and an 8% increased lift in their movement
through air or water. Using such blades to catch the wind as communities
and nations switch to renewable sources could provide a 20% increase in
efficiency that will help to make wind power generation fully competitive with
other alternatives.
6. Lotus Effect Hydrophobia
The Lotus Effect: The surface of lotus leaves are bumpy, and this
causes water to bead as well as to pick up surface contaminates in
the process. The water rolls off, taking the contaminates with it.
Researchers have developed ways to chemically treat the surface of
plastics and metal to evoke the same effect. Applications are nearly
endless, and not just making windshield wipers and car wax jobs
obsolete.
7. Self-Healing Plastics
Consider the body's power to heal itself of scrapes and cuts. The value of the same
sort of process in light polymer composites that can be used to produce things like
aircraft fuselage becomes obvious. The new composite materials being developed
are called self-healing plastics. They are made from hollow fibres filled with epoxy
resin that is released if the fibres suffer serious stresses and cracks. This creates a
'scab' nearly as strong as the original material. Such self-healing materials could be
used to make planes, cars and even spacecraft that will be lighter, more fuel efficient,
and safer.
8. The Golden Streamlining
Principle
A company called PAX Scientific out of San Rafael, California has
been developing air and fluid movement technologies based on
such beautiful and recurring natural designs as the Fibonacci
sequence, logarithmic spirals and the Golden Ratio. These shapes
align with the observation that the path of least resistance in this
universe isn't a straight line. Put all this together and you get the
"Streamlining Principle," being applied to fans, mixers, impellers and
such that move air and liquids around in systems. Such fans on
motors, compressors and pumps of all sizes and in all applications
could save at least 15% of all the electricity consumed in the US.
9. Artificial Photosynthesis
We all learn about photosynthesis in school, the way that green plants use chlorophyll
to convert sunlight, water and carbon dioxide into carbohydrates and oxygen. The
quest to reproduce the process technologically is called Artificial Photosynthesis, and
is envisioned as a means of using sunlight to split water into hydrogen and oxygen for
use as a clean fuel for vehicles as well as a way to use excess carbon dioxide in the
atmosphere. The process could make hydrogen fuel cells an efficient, self-recharging
and less expensive way to create and store energy applicable in home and industrial
systems.
10. Morphing Aircraft Wings
Using inspiration from both birds and fish, scientists from Penn State University
developed Morphing Airplane Wings that change shape depending on the speed and
duration of flight. Different birds have differently shaped wings useful for the speeds
at which they fly, as well as for sustaining flight speeds over long distances using the
least amount of energy. The scientists built a compliant, shape-changing truss
understructure for the wings, then covered it with scales that can slide over one
another to accommodate the in-flight shape changes. When deployed in new aircraft
(and drone) models, the wings are expected to conserve fuel and enable faster flights
over longer distances.
11. Friction-Reducing Sharkskin
Inspired by
the evolved ability of shark's skin to reduce drag
by manipulating the boundary layer flow
as the fish swims, researchers are
developing coatings for ship's hulls,
submarines, aircraft fuselage, and even
swimwear for humans. Based on the
varying shape and texture of shark's skin
over its body, Speedo's Fastskin FSII
swimsuits made their appearance at the
Bejing Olympics and may have helped US
swimmer Michael Phelps to his record
eight gold medals in that competition, and
the rest of the team as well. And now there
are the new suits (43 world records at the
09 word championships)!
12. Glo-Fish
Glow-in-the-dark aquarium fish may not fulfill a needful ecological role at the
present time, but they're a fun - and lucrative - application of fluorescent
proteins discovered in jellyfish while researchers are busily
developing further biochemical tools from this Nobel Prizewinning discovery.
The protein can be attached to other molecules of interest so they can be
followed for understanding of their functions in living organisms, very useful
in medical research. For the fish, the proteins serve the purpose of simply
being very cool - they come in several colors!
13. Insect-Inspired Autonomous
Robots
While most of us are accustomed to thinking about futuristic robotics
as something that looks and moves just like a human, humans are
probably not the best biological model for really useful robots. For
mobility, insect-like ability to cover varied terrain, climb surfaces and
provide stability seems to work better. Insect eyes offer greater
resolution and panoramic range for exploring places people cannot
go, and the ability to quickly adapt to changing environments (or
even to spy on enemies undetected) make those annoying toy
insect robots a forerunner for future applications in exploration and
defence.
14. Butterfly-Inspired Displays
By mimicking the way light reflects from the
scales on a butterfly's wings, the Qualcomm
company has developed Mirasol Displays
that make use of the reflected light principle
with an understanding of how human beings
perceive that light. Using an interferometric
modulator [IMOD] element in a two-plate
conductive system, the display uses near-
zero power whenever the displayed image is
static while at the same time offering a
refresh rate fast enough for video. Perfect
for 'smart' hand-held devices, already
deployed in many, and a battery-saver
extraordinaire!