Aristotle (384-322 BCE): Wisdom Inspired by Nature His works on biology, geology, and his belief in humanity’s potential to thrive, and to create the conditions to live a good life

Business Consultancy For Our Times Janine Benyus Combines biomimicry and science with industrial ecology to come up with principles of an economy that would, in many ways, mimic nature itself Business Consultancy For Our Times Eco - Business = Design + Technology + Innovation

Wikipedia Biomimetics or biomimicry is the imitation of the models, systems, and elements of nature for the purpose of solving complex human problems.[1] The terms "biomimetics" and "biomimicry" derive from Ancient Greek: βίος (bios), life, and μίμησις (mīmēsis), imitation, from μιμεῖσθαι (mīmeisthai), to imitate, from μῖμος (mimos), actor. A closely related field is bionics.[2]

Biomimicry introduces an era based not on what we can extract from organisms and their ecosystems, but on what we can learn from them. How can a Kingfisher give you a smooth ride: Amazed? So you should be. Have you heard about The Bullet Train of Japan? The fastest train in the world, traveling around 200 miles per hour. One of the major problem that it faced was complains from residents staying one-quarter mile away from the the tunnels through which the trains passed. The complains were due to the huge noise produced when the trains emerged from the tunnels. This noise was due to the large thunder claps produced by the changes in the air-pressure every time the train passed through the tunnels. You know what they did to solve the problem. They learnt it from nature!! From the bird Kingfisher to be precise. The student of nature in this case was the chief engineer of the train, an avid bird-watcher. The chief engineer observed Kingfisher which dives into bodies of water from air with very little splash of water to catch fish. He observed that it is exactly a similar phenomenon of a body moving into one medium from another at high speed, similar to the train entering the tunnel. He modeled the front end of the train as the beak of Kingfisher. Results were amazing!! It not only resulted in a quieter train but also saving of 15% of electricity. To act as an icing on the cake, the train was now able to move 10% faster.

Airplane Imitated not the bird (product) but the air flow around the wings (process)

Sticky Gecko Feet

The “tail” of Velcro….

Humpback Whales

Kingfishers

Bionic Car from Box fish 20 % less gas consumption

Shark skin swim suit V-shaped ridges on shark skin Shark skin Michael Phelps