How Biomimicry is Inspiring Human

Innovation

By : Esther Olivera - Stefany Dazevedo - Nilton

What’s Biomimicry?

Biomimicry or biomimetics is the examination of Nature, its models, systems, processes, and elements to emulate or take inspiration from in order to solve human problems.The term biomimicry and biomimetics come from the Greek words bios, meaning life, and mimesis, meaning to imitate

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some examples of biomimicry

Qualcomm watched in the unique properties of butterfly wings how to improve the manufacturing display screens. These incredible structures reflect light differently depending on the wavelength. The same principle applies to create brighter screen displays, more readable and less power consumption in electronic devices.

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some examples of biomimicry

Bullet Train Has a Nose Like a Kingfisher Beak

The Shinkansen Bullet Train of the West Japan Railway Company is the fastest train in the world, traveling 200 miles per hour. The problem? Noise. Air pressure changes produced large thunder claps every time the train emerged from a tunnel, causing residents one-quarter a mile away to complain. Eiji Nakatsu, the train’s chief engineer and an avid bird-watcher, asked himself, “Is there something in Nature that travels quickly and smoothly between two very different mediums?” Modeling the front-end of the train after the beak of kingfishers, which dive from the air into bodies of water with very little splash to catch fish, resulted not only in a quieter train, but 15% less electricity use even while the train travels 10% faster.

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Company called EvoLogics has developed a high-performance underwater modem for data transmission, which is currently employed in the tsunami early warning system throughout the Indian Ocean.

Frequency-modulating acoustics

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If one wanted to discover more valuable medicines, where would one start looking?

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In Harare, Zimbabwe, there is a Shopping Complex that has no conventional air-conditioning, inspired by the self-cooling mounds of termites.Which uses 90% percent less energy for ventilation than conventional buildings its size, and has already saved the building owners over $3.5 million dollars in air conditioning costs.

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Nature moves water and air using a logarithmic or exponentially growing spiral. PAX Scientific Inc. applied this fundamental geometry to the shape of human-made rotary devices for the first time. The resulting designs reduce energy usage by a staggering 10-85% over conventional rotors, and noise by up to 75%.

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