Those who are inspired by a model other than Nature, a mistress above all masters, are laboring in vain. - Leonardo Da Vinci Biomimicry - The practice of developing sustainable human technologies inspired by nature. Sometimes called Biomimetics or Bionics, it's basically biologically inspired...
How can the wing movements of a butterfly affect the weather system of a country on the other side of the world? It doesn’t seem possible, but proponents of the Chaos Theory use this—the “Butterfly Effect”—to illustrate how small variations can have monumental impact on large, complex systems....
The 15 Coolest Cases of Biomimicry listed such great ideas as Velcro, Gecko Tape and Whalepower Wind Turbines to illustrate some applications of the developing engineering practice of designing sustainable human technologies inspired by nature. Here are some more examples coming out of the biomimetics...
