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This article references the concept of biomimicry and how it has been utilized to create novel designs, such as the Shinkansen trains in Japan and the desalination project on the Greek Island of Tinos.
If you ever find yourself stuck in a disaster zone, your rescuer could take on some unexpected forms, like a drone or a cyborg cockroach – and now we can add a soft robotic snake to the mix. A Stanford team has developed a flexible robot that grows like a vine, […]
George Lauder has teamed with Harvard engineers and colleagues from the University of South Carolina to find a bioinspired structure that could improve aerodynamic performance of airplanes, wind turbines, drones, and cars. The study, published in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface, looked at sharkskin denticles (thousands and thousands of […]
PhD student and 2017 J-WAFS graduate fellow Tzu-Chieh Tang designs living materials to solve environmental challenges, with an emphasis on safety and scalability. A MISTI Seed Grant and a summer at Imperial College London grew into a cross-Atlantic effort to develop living membranes with microbes, in a process inspired by the […]
On the basis of past studies on the structures of beetle forewings, we have devised an approach to construct honeycomb plates in the form of an integrated body. We solve the problems encountered in the manufacturing processes, such as edge sealing and molding processes. Beginning with the knowledge that the forewing […]
ABSTRACT: The surfactant lining the walls of the alveoli in the lungs increases pulmonary compliance and prevents collapse of the lung at the end of expiration. In premature born infants, surfactant deficiency causes problems, and lung surfactant replacements are instilled to facilitate breathing. These pulmonary surfactants, which form complex structured fluid–fluid […]
Arizona State University is known for a lot of things, but this might not be one of them. Tempe, Arizona is home to the Sun Devils’ BIRTH (Bio-Inspired Robotics Technology and Healthcare) Lab, a space dedicated to the furthering of scientific research by drawing inspiration from nature. The BIRTH Lab specializes […]
Animal wings produce an acoustic signature in flight. Many owls are able to suppress this noise to fly quietly relative to other birds. Instead of silent flight, certain birds have conversely evolved to produce extra sound with their wings for communication. The papers in this symposium synthesize ongoing research in “animal […]
Durability and load-bearing are difficult to be combined in engineering systems. Hence, in majority of man-made structures, the two characteristics are typically mutually exclusive. Nature, however, has provided us with design strategies, through which many biological systems have overcome this conflict. Insect wings represent a striking example of such a combination. […]
This paper introduces a novel, bioinspired manipulator for minimally invasive surgery (MIS). The manipulator is entirely composed of soft materials, and it has been designed to provide similar motion capabilities as the octopus’s arm in order to reach the surgical target while exploiting […]
Gut bacteria in a specious of herbivorous ant play a major role in processing nutrients that allow the ants to build tough exoskeletons, an international team of researchers has found. Researchers broke down which components in the bacteria contributed so their host could build a thicker armor. These findings could possibly […]
Georgia Tech’s Center for Biologically Inspired Design consists of faculty that facilitate research, education, and training that further promotes biologically inspired design. The program offers K12 curricular materials that incorporate biological principles. This is created in order to foster imagination and curiosity about […]
Georgia Tech’s Center for Biologically Inspired Design consists of faculty that facilitate research, education, and training that further promotes biologically inspired design. The program offers K12 curricular materials that incorporate biological principles. This is created in order to foster imagination and curiosity about […]
In small doses, nitrogen can be beneficial and nutritious to coral species. However, excessive nitrogen in the coral’s local environment can do much more harm than good to the coral’s health. Scientists noticed that there were certain nitrogen-scrubbing microbes that may contribute to balancing the levels of nitrogen in some corals’ […]
UW Madsion engineers have designed an artificial eye that can be used to see in the dark. While most night vision designs tweak the retinas, this group of engineers worked to increase the intensity of incoming light through the front-end optics.
A group of LMU physicists conduct a study to gain insight to the central question in the origin of life: how can structure emerge from randomness. This research paper shows that linking short oligomers from a random sequence pool in a templated ligation […]
Although there have been significant advances in bio-inspired armor, most protective materials fail to shield joints and other flexible parts of the body from harm. However, researchers have recently looked towards a species of mollusks called chitons for inspiration for a new form of protective gear. These […]
Messersmith Lab at UC Berkeley is a research group in departments of bioengineering & materials science and engineering. The group studies structure-processing-property relationships of materials in biology, and applies bio-inspired materials to solve real-world problems. One of their ongoing projects is on mussel-inspired synthetic adhesives, which is designed by exploiting information […]
The BioRobotics Institute of Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies was founded in 2011. Located in Italy, the institute primarily focuses on areas such as medical robotics, wearable technologies and bio-inspired robotics. As seen in this week’s lecture, there are various applications to Octopus’s unique suction abilities. This research paper attempts to […]
Biological creatures that can both maneuver and hover such as hummingbirds and bugs serve as inspiration for flapping wing micro air vehicles. This paper sought to find the optimal wing shape for the wings for a flapping wing micro air vehicle the size […]
We deliver the future of nature-inspired scientific innovation today for the betterment of human health, community safety, and global sustainability. By using the building blocks of Nature’s grand designs, our talented researchers have pushed the frontiers of knowledge and advanced research and discovery to make a major […]
Taking inspiration from origami, engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have now designed a medical patch that can be folded around minimally invasive surgical tools and delivered through airways, intestines and other narrow spaces to patch up internal injuries. The patch resembles a foldable, paper-like film when dry. Once it […]
For engineers, polar bear hair is a dream template for synthetic materials that might lock in heat just as well as the natural version. Now, materials scientists have developed such an insulator, reproducing the structure of individual polar bear hairs while scaling toward a material composed of many hairs for real-world […]
Microbes are a vast and unexplored field of research. Taq polymerase was one of the first breakthroughs in microbiology, and it can live in depths at extreme temperatures. There is a lot of potential for startups, and synthetic biology could be the next revolutionary field of research.
A protein made by Discosoma corals produces color by using the sun’s energy to generate specific wavelengths of light. This can translate to a natural way to make textiles.
Nacre, the iridescent material that lines mollusk shells such as mother-of-pearl and abalone, has long been a prized find of beachcombers and shell collectors, due to the natural beauty and variety of color that can be found therein. But scientists and engineers have also long marveled at and studied nacre; it’s […]
This article talks about bioinspired architecture. More specifically, it elaborates on how the design of marine sponges is influencing the next generation of skyscrapers and bridges. The skeletal structure of marine sponges is similar to the diagonal lattice architecture that was developed over 200 years ago for […]
Simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) is a quintessential problem in autonomous navigation, augmented reality, and virtual reality. In particular, low-power SLAM has gained increasing importance for its applications in power-limited edge devices such as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and small-sized cars that constitute devices with edge intelligence. This article presents a […]
O’Mara et al. use high-resolution GPS tracking and atmospheric models to show that, similar to diurnal birds, European free-tailed bats use uplifting winds generated by the nocturnal energy landscape to rapidly ascend over 1,600 m above ground level and achieve maximum self-powered airspeeds over 130 km/hour.
The paper compares the optimal flight trajectory to that of GPS recordings of albatrosses to conclude their method of soaring is the optimal route. They hardly flap and can use the winds to fly over 600 miles a day. This discovery could inspire fixed-wind drones that travel […]
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The brain functions in a similar way with neuronal connections. our brains are able to utilize the multiplicity of connections…