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Ciid lecture biomimicry - day 1 - overview
The document discusses various applications of biomimicry across different fields including new materials, architecture, urban planning, transportation, robots and sensors, medicine, energy efficiency, communication, and conceptual design. Some examples mentioned include Velcro being inspired by plant burrs, a self-cooling building design inspired by termite mounds, a bullet train inspired by kingfisher water entry, and surgical tools modeled after snakes.
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- 1. BIOMIMICR Y CIID 2013 Exploring BiomimeticInterfaces Gabriella Levine + Genevieve Hoffman
- 2. BIOMIMICR Y New Materials Architecture Urban Planning Transportation Robots& Sensors Medicine Energy Efficiency & Environmental Cleanup Communication Networked Systems New Media & Conceptual Design Text CIID 2013 Exploring Biomimetic Interfaces Gabriella Levine + Genevieve Hoffman
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- 15. New material coatingfor boats from pesky aquatic plant WATERPROOFIN G
- 16. ULTRA SLIPPERY MATERIAL Inspired bycarnivorous Pitcher plant
- 17. ULTRA STICKY MATERIAL Inspired byblue mussles in intertidal zone
- 18. SELF HEALING POLYMERS Inspired bycell regrowth and tissue repair
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- 20. ZIMBABWE’S EASTGATE CENTER Inspiredby termites’ self-cooling mounds
- 21. ZIMBABWE’S EASTGATE CENTER Inspiredby termites’ self-cooling mounds
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- 23. CITY AS ECOSYSTEM HOK’s designfor Lavasa, India
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- 25. SHINKANSEN BULLET TRA Inspiredby kingfisher splashless water entry to minimize train sound
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- 27. REACTIVE VERTEBRAE Systems that mimicanimal vertebrates
- 28. CLOACA Modeling the digestivesystem and producing feces
- 29. SNEEL Systems that mimicanimal vertebrates
- 30. ORGONOME Three legged biomimeticrobot that interacts with humans and evolves emotionally
- 31. WALL CLIMBING ROBOT Inspired bygecko feet
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- 33. FESTO’S BIONIC HAND Inspired byan elephant trunk
- 34. MILITARY APPLICATIONS Rough Terrain Robotinspired by dog
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- 39. MINIATURE CAMERA Ballooning mechanism mimicsan insect’s eye
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- 45. SOCIAL NETWORKS Better connectivity usingants as models: SoSACO algorithm
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- 49. Floating lantern Using only3 types of the selected items, design a floating vessel to hold a lit candle. The candle must stay lit for 1 full minute. DESIGN CHALLENGE
- 50. INTERACTIVE ART Networked sensor communication ofsynthetic forms
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- 52. LIGHTWEED S Digital plants growbased on genetic algorithms and sunlight conditions
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- 54. FESTO’S BIONICOPTOR Inspired by adragonfly
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- 56. MACROENCAPSULATE D Inspired by self-healingmatrix growth
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- 58. FLOOD-READY MANHATTA Inspired byflexible mesh webbing to increase resilience
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- #6 anteater - It can curl up into a ball when threatened, with its overlapping scales acting as armour and its face tucked under its tail. The scales are sharp, providing extra defense. The front claws are so long they are unsuited for walking, so the animal walks with its fore paws curled over to protect them. Pangolins can also emit a noxious-smelling acid f rom glands nea r the anus , similar to the spray of a skunk .
- #7 anteater - It can curl up into a ball when threatened, with its overlapping scales acting as armour and its face tucked under its tail. The scales are sharp, providing extra defense. The front claws are so long they are unsuited for walking, so the animal walks with its fore paws curled over to protect them. Pangolins can also emit a noxious-smelling acid f rom glands nea r the anus , similar to the spray of a skunk .
- #8 anteater - It can curl up into a ball when threatened, with its overlapping scales acting as armour and its face tucked under its tail. The scales are sharp, providing extra defense. The front claws are so long they are unsuited for walking, so the animal walks with its fore paws curled over to protect them. Pangolins can also emit a noxious-smelling acid f rom glands nea r the anus , similar to the spray of a skunk .
- #9 anteater - It can curl up into a ball when threatened, with its overlapping scales acting as armour and its face tucked under its tail. The scales are sharp, providing extra defense. The front claws are so long they are unsuited for walking, so the animal walks with its fore paws curled over to protect them. Pangolins can also emit a noxious-smelling acid f rom glands nea r the anus , similar to the spray of a skunk .
- #10 anteater - It can curl up into a ball when threatened, with its overlapping scales acting as armour and its face tucked under its tail. The scales are sharp, providing extra defense. The front claws are so long they are unsuited for walking, so the animal walks with its fore paws curled over to protect them. Pangolins can also emit a noxious-smelling acid f rom glands nea r the anus , similar to the spray of a skunk .
- #11 anteater - It can curl up into a ball when threatened, with its overlapping scales acting as armour and its face tucked under its tail. The scales are sharp, providing extra defense. The front claws are so long they are unsuited for walking, so the animal walks with its fore paws curled over to protect them. Pangolins can also emit a noxious-smelling acid f rom glands nea r the anus , similar to the spray of a skunk .
- #12 anteater - It can curl up into a ball when threatened, with its overlapping scales acting as armour and its face tucked under its tail. The scales are sharp, providing extra defense. The front claws are so long they are unsuited for walking, so the animal walks with its fore paws curled over to protect them. Pangolins can also emit a noxious-smelling acid f rom glands nea r the anus , similar to the spray of a skunk .
- #13 anteater - It can curl up into a ball when threatened, with its overlapping scales acting as armour and its face tucked under its tail. The scales are sharp, providing extra defense. The front claws are so long they are unsuited for walking, so the animal walks with its fore paws curled over to protect them. Pangolins can also emit a noxious-smelling acid f rom glands nea r the anus , similar to the spray of a skunk .
- #14 anteater - It can curl up into a ball when threatened, with its overlapping scales acting as armour and its face tucked under its tail. The scales are sharp, providing extra defense. The front claws are so long they are unsuited for walking, so the animal walks with its fore paws curled over to protect them. Pangolins can also emit a noxious-smelling acid f rom glands nea r the anus , similar to the spray of a skunk .
- #15 One lovely summer day in 1948, a Swiss amateur-mountaineer and inventor decided to take his dog for a nature hike. The man and his faithful companion both returned home covered with burrs, the plant seed-sacs that cling to animal fur in order to travel to fertile new planting grounds. The man neglected his matted dog, and with a burning curiosity ran to his microscope and inspected one of the many burrs stuck to his pants. He saw all the small hooks that enabled the seed-bearing burr to cling so viciously to the tiny loops in the fabric of his pants. George de Mestral raised his head from the microscope and smiled thinking, "I will design a unique, two-sided fastener, one side with stiff hooks like the burrs and the other side with soft loops like the fabric of my pants. I will call my invention 'velcro' a combination of the word velour and crochet. It will rival the zipper in its ability to fasten." Mestral's idea met with resistance and even laughter, but the inventor 'stuck' by his invention. Together with a weaver from a textile plant in France, Mestal perfected his hook and loop fastener. By trial and error, he realized that nylon when sewn under infrared light, formed tough hooks for the burr side of the fastener. This finished the design, patented in 1955. The inventor formed Velcro Industries to manufacture his invention. Mestral was selling over sixty million yards of Velcro per year. Today it is a multi-million dollar industry.
- #16 One lovely summer day in 1948, a Swiss amateur-mountaineer and inventor decided to take his dog for a nature hike. The man and his faithful companion both returned home covered with burrs, the plant seed-sacs that cling to animal fur in order to travel to fertile new planting grounds. The man neglected his matted dog, and with a burning curiosity ran to his microscope and inspected one of the many burrs stuck to his pants. He saw all the small hooks that enabled the seed-bearing burr to cling so viciously to the tiny loops in the fabric of his pants. George de Mestral raised his head from the microscope and smiled thinking, "I will design a unique, two-sided fastener, one side with stiff hooks like the burrs and the other side with soft loops like the fabric of my pants. I will call my invention 'velcro' a combination of the word velour and crochet. It will rival the zipper in its ability to fasten." Mestral's idea met with resistance and even laughter, but the inventor 'stuck' by his invention. Together with a weaver from a textile plant in France, Mestal perfected his hook and loop fastener. By trial and error, he realized that nylon when sewn under infrared light, formed tough hooks for the burr side of the fastener. This finished the design, patented in 1955. The inventor formed Velcro Industries to manufacture his invention. Mestral was selling over sixty million yards of Velcro per year. Today it is a multi-million dollar industry.
- #17 One lovely summer day in 1948, a Swiss amateur-mountaineer and inventor decided to take his dog for a nature hike. The man and his faithful companion both returned home covered with burrs, the plant seed-sacs that cling to animal fur in order to travel to fertile new planting grounds. The man neglected his matted dog, and with a burning curiosity ran to his microscope and inspected one of the many burrs stuck to his pants. He saw all the small hooks that enabled the seed-bearing burr to cling so viciously to the tiny loops in the fabric of his pants. George de Mestral raised his head from the microscope and smiled thinking, "I will design a unique, two-sided fastener, one side with stiff hooks like the burrs and the other side with soft loops like the fabric of my pants. I will call my invention 'velcro' a combination of the word velour and crochet. It will rival the zipper in its ability to fasten." Mestral's idea met with resistance and even laughter, but the inventor 'stuck' by his invention. Together with a weaver from a textile plant in France, Mestal perfected his hook and loop fastener. By trial and error, he realized that nylon when sewn under infrared light, formed tough hooks for the burr side of the fastener. This finished the design, patented in 1955. The inventor formed Velcro Industries to manufacture his invention. Mestral was selling over sixty million yards of Velcro per year. Today it is a multi-million dollar industry.
- #18 This is what is unique and I think quite powerful about intrinsic self healing materials. There is no vascular system to help repair the thread, and there is no limited supply of ‘broken capsules’ that re-glue a material. It is quite literally a material that heals itself indefinitely over repeated stress-strain cycles. The current theory for how a mussel does this is that it uses metal ions to help ‘tie the knots’ (or mediate cross-links in biology speak). The metal ions act as ‘guides’ for the protein to re-form the bonds (knots) that are broken under strain. This simple technique has proven to be quite useful for material scientists to create new materials that re-create this performance. http://www.ecointerface.com/?p=473
- #19 Self-healing materials are a class of smart materials that have the structurally incorporated ability to repair damage caused by mechanical usage over time. The inspiration comes from biological systems, which have the ability to heal after being wounded, self-healing matrix. http://sottosgroup.beckman.illinois.edu/nrs111.pdf http://bouncingideas.wordpress.com/2012/02/01/self-healing-materials/
- #21 Eastgate Centre in Zimbabwe Harare, Zimbabwe, The country’s largest office and shopping complex is an architectural marvel in its use of biomimicry principles . The mid-rise building, designed by architect Mick Pearce in conjun ction with engineers at Arup Associates , has no conventi onal air-condit ioning or heating, yet stays regulated year round with dramatically less energy consumption using design methods inspired by indigenous Zimbabwean masonry and the self-cooling mounds of African termites! http://inhabitat.com/building-modelled-on-termites-eastgate-centre-in-zimbabwe/eastgate-centre-biomimetic-architecture-biomimicry-biomimetic-design-biomimicry-of-termite-mounds-green-building-with-termites-eco-building-sustainable-design-harare-zimbabwe-africa-sustain-4/
- #22 The Eastgate building is modeled on the self-cooling mounds of Macrotermes michaelseni, termites that maintain the temperature inside their nest to within one degree of 31 °C, day and night, - while the external temperature varies between 3 °C and 42 °C. Eastgate uses only 10 percent of the energy of a conventional building its size, saved 3.5 million in air conditioning costs in the first five years, and has rents that are 20% lower than a newer building next door.
- #24 http://harvardmagazine.com/2009/09/architecture-imitates-life :biologists sitting at round table for design HOK : rooves designed from rooves , rain drip down, monsoon season; building foundation systems to store water like succulent plants
- #26 Eiji Nakatsu, an engineer with JR West and a birdwatcher, used his knowledge of the splashless water entry of kingfishers and silent flight of owls to decrease the sound generated by the trains. Kingfishers move quickly from air, a low-resistance (low drag) medium, to water, a high-resistance (high drag) medium. The kingfisher's beak provides an almost ideal shape for such an impact. The beak is streamlined, steadily increasing in diameter from its tip to its head. This reduces the impact as the kingfisher essentially wedges its way into the water, allowing the water to flow past the beak rather than being pushed in front of it. Because the train faced the same challenge, moving from low drag open air to high drag air in the tunnel, Nakatsu designed the forefront of the Shinkansen train based on the beak of the kingfisher. Engineers were able to reduce the pantograph's noise by adding structures to the main part of the pantograph to create many small vortices. This is similar to the way an owl's primary feathers have serrations that create small vortices instead of one large one.
- #28 http://olliepalmer.com/reactive-vertebrae/ Investigation of adaptive urban environments, and creating systems that react to the way people use space. Prototypes mimic a variety of animal mechanisms such as woodlice and snakes
- #29 http://olliepalmer.com/reactive-vertebrae/ Investigation of adaptive urban environments, and creating systems that react to the way people use space. Prototypes mimic a variety of animal mechanisms such as woodlice and snakes
- #30 http://olliepalmer.com/reactive-vertebrae/ Investigation of adaptive urban environments, and creating systems that react to the way people use space. Prototypes mimic a variety of animal mechanisms such as woodlice and snakes
- #31 Growing out of the “bion” project, the Orgonome is a three-legged creature that walks, communicates, and evolves emotionally depending on its interactions with humans. These emotional states, such as pleasure, longing, sadness, surprise and fear are physically expressed by the orgonome. Capable of sensing spatial orientation, touch, light and sound, orgonomes can locomote, make sound and communicate with each other as well as engage in collective group behaviors.
- #32 Simon Fraser University: Unlike animals that use claws to climb (squirrels, for instance), suction (some frogs) or even glue (a slug), a gecko sticks to walls and ceilings using the very force that attracts molecules together, called the Van der Waals force." The "Tailless Timing Belt Climbing Platform (TBCP-11)" can move from flat surfaces to vertical walls at speeds of up to 3.4 cm per second. http://www.treehugger.com/gadgets/tank-like-robot-climbs-walls-with-gecko-inspired-feet.html
- #33 Autonomous flying through a defined air space monitored by ultrasound transmission stations. Agile and easily manoeuvrable with a 3D structure which utilises the Fin Ray Effect® at the front and back.
- #34 pneumatics lightweight system - plastic balloon ; BIOMECHATRONICS: mechatronics combining mechanics, electronics and software for control and regulation system http://www.festo.com/cms/en_corp/9655_12629.htm#id_12629
- #35 The Legged Squad Support System (LS3) is a rough-terrain robot developed by Boston Dynamics with funding from DARPA and the US Marine Corps. It is designed to carry 400 lbs of payload and travel 20 miles without refueling. LS3 has sensors that let it follow a human leader while avoiding obstacles in the terrain . BigDog is a rough-terrain robot that walks, runs, climbs and carries heavy loads. BigDog is powered by an engine that drives a hydraulic actuation system. BigDog has four legs that are articulated like an animal’s, with compliant elements to absorb shock and recycle energy from one step to the next. BigDog is the size of a large dog or small mule; about 3 feet long, 2.5 feet tall and weighs 240 lbs. BigDog's on-board computer controls locomotion, processes sensors and handles communications with the user. BigDog’s control system keeps it balanced, manages locomotion on a wide variety of terrains and does navigation. Sensors for locomotion include joint position, joint force, ground contact, ground load, a gyroscope, LIDAR and a stereo vision system. Other sensors focus on the internal state of BigDog, monitoring the hydraulic pressure, oil temperature, engine functions, battery charge and others. BigDog runs at 4 mph, climbs slopes up to 35 degrees, walks across rubble, climbs muddy hiking trails, walks in snow and water, and carries 340 lb load. http://www.bostondynamics.com/robot_bigdog.html
- #36 http://www.haque.co.uk/naturalfuse.php, http://www.naturalfuse.org/
- #37 sensors, vision guided motion control, Biomimetic systems; avoidance; instincts
- #38 Method of motion. No programmed movement, but travels in a spiral and changes direction when it reaches an obstacle.
- #40 http://www.npr.org/2013/05/02/180556950/of-flybots-and-bug-eyes-insects-inspire-inventors An insect's eye lets it see really well because each of its light-sensitive cells has a dedicated lens. This miniature camera, which mimics an insect eye, is made from an array of microlenses arranged on a stretchable sheet that can be inflated like a balloon to a hemispherical shape. University of Illinois and Beckman Institute http://makezine.com/26/primer/
- #41 Bio / Genetic engineering examples??
- #42 this surgical endoscope can enter the vessel without damaging any tissue. Moreover, because of the 102 degrees of freedom, it will surely make a better performance.
- #43 PROTEI
- #44 Gabby saves the world one robot snake at a time.
- #46 http://io9.com/5915832/how-studying-ant-behavior-can-make-social-networks-better university of madrid; looking at pheromones similar algorithm, called SoSACO, that works by accelerating the search for routes between two nodes that belong to a graph that represents a social network Social networking sites are becoming increasingly generalized on account of their explosive popularity. A consequent problem facing today's software developers is in locating the referential chain that leads from one person to another - or what the developers describe as the path from node to node. As these networks increase in size, so too does latency. And as any user of social networks can attest, delays are a complete turn-off.
- #48 Network map of FunkFeuer, Free net in Vienna Austria. FunkFeuer is open for everybody interested and willing to contribute. One of the goals is to built a unregulated network which has the potential to bridge the digital valley between the social layers and deliver the infrastructure and the knowledge for it. The size of the node icon represents the number of devices at the node. The colored lines between the nodes show almost in realtime the links (network connections). The colors indicate the quality of the link: green means good quality link (ETX < 2) yellow means ETX between 2 and 3 red symbolizes bad links (ETX&gt;3)
- #49 bions: http://adamwbrown.net/projects-2/bion-home/ “ Bion” is an interactive installation that explores the relationship between humans and artificial life. “Bion” makes reference to an individual element of primordial biological energy identified as orgone by the scientist Wilhelm Reich. The installation is composed of hundreds of mass-produced, 3-dimensional glowing and chirping sculptural forms. Each bion, measuring approximately 4x3x2 ½ inches is an synthetic “life-form” fitted with an audio speaker, blue lights (LED’s), and multiple sensors. The bions are suspended by fine gage wire connected to panels that are attached to the ceiling. When installed the panels form clusters of bions arranged at different elevations. Each bion has the ability to communicate with the others and with viewers that enter the space.
- #50 bions: http://adamwbrown.net/projects-2/bion-home/ “ Bion” is an interactive installation that explores the relationship between humans and artificial life. “Bion” makes reference to an individual element of primordial biological energy identified as orgone by the scientist Wilhelm Reich. The installation is composed of hundreds of mass-produced, 3-dimensional glowing and chirping sculptural forms. Each bion, measuring approximately 4x3x2 ½ inches is an synthetic “life-form” fitted with an audio speaker, blue lights (LED’s), and multiple sensors. The bions are suspended by fine gage wire connected to panels that are attached to the ceiling. When installed the panels form clusters of bions arranged at different elevations. Each bion has the ability to communicate with the others and with viewers that enter the space.
- #51 bions: http://adamwbrown.net/projects-2/bion-home/ “ Bion” is an interactive installation that explores the relationship between humans and artificial life. “Bion” makes reference to an individual element of primordial biological energy identified as orgone by the scientist Wilhelm Reich. The installation is composed of hundreds of mass-produced, 3-dimensional glowing and chirping sculptural forms. Each bion, measuring approximately 4x3x2 ½ inches is an synthetic “life-form” fitted with an audio speaker, blue lights (LED’s), and multiple sensors. The bions are suspended by fine gage wire connected to panels that are attached to the ceiling. When installed the panels form clusters of bions arranged at different elevations. Each bion has the ability to communicate with the others and with viewers that enter the space.
- #53 http://www.simonheijdens.com/index.php?type=project&name=Lightweeds Computational design, inspired by nature: A living digital organism growing onto an indoor space...uniquely generated plant families that grow up, move and behave closely depending on actual sunshine, rainfall and wind as measured live outside.
- #54 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n77BfxnVlyc
- #55 BionicOpter, a robotic dragonfly. This new robot emulates the complex flight technique of a dragonfly and is capable of high manoeuvrability as shown in the video below.
- #56 Sand Flea is an 11-lb robot with one trick up its sleeve: Normally it drives like an RC car, but when it needs to it can jump 30 feet into the air. An onboard stabilization system keeps it oriented during flight to improve the view from the video uplink and to control landings. Current development of Sand Flea is funded by the The US Army's Rapid Equipping Force. For more information visit www.BostonDynamics.com.
- #57 Microencapsulated Systems - material containing little capsules filled with a healing agent that bonds when in contact with catalysts also embedded in the material (see diagram below). http://sottosgroup.beckman.illinois.edu/nrs111.pdf http://bouncingideas.wordpress.com/2012/02/01/self-healing-materials/
- #58 Microvascular Systems – materials filled with capillaries filled with healing agents Cracks in a brittle coating are healed autonomously via a three-dimensional microvascular network embedded in the underlying substrate. The network contains a healing agent (red) which polymerizes after contacting the catalyst (purple) in the damaged regions. http://sottosgroup.beckman.illinois.edu/nrs111.pdf http://bouncingideas.wordpress.com/2012/02/01/self-healing-materials/
- #59 http://www.core77.com/blog/sustainable_design/how_to_deal_with_manhattans_inevitable_flooding_problem_21755.asp soft infrastructure: membrane made from highly intelligent materials that can adapt to changing weather conditions to be installed throughout the lower lying parts of the city, rising up over the bases of buildings like webbing.