Through most of the industrial age, we have been getting by on our own wits and inventions for new product designs. But now few savvy manufacturers are beginning look back at nature's laboratory to ...

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Let’s talk about elephants for a second. These magnificent mammals have been on this planet for over 55 million years. Many of them live in dry, arid climates, so they’ve learned to stay cool thanks ...

A case study, "Biomimicry: Streamlining the Front End of Innovation for Environmentally Sustainable Products," shows that biomimicry, a relatively new field that seeks to emulate nature to find ...

In Brazil, many immersion courses are now offered in the Amazon and Cerrado biomes that focus on innovative materials, and biomimicry consultants and startups are emerging in the market: In 2018, ...

To conquer some of the toughest challenges for 21st century design, manufacturers are turning to an R&D lab 3.8 billion years in the making: nature. To solve its hose-wear problem, engineers at Parker ...

Biomimicry, the name might sound something out-of-the-box and new, but at the heart of it, it is simple, innovation that's ...

Biomimicry is design inspired by nature. With 7 billion humans on Earth today — and demand for natural resources growing, while supplies remain fixed — people are looking for innovative ideas to help ...

How to improve food systems by looking to nature for design solutions – this was the brief given to entrants in the Biomimicry Institute’s Global Design Challenge, which announced its finalists this ...

Afforestation, the process of planting trees in areas that have not been forested for a long period, is a crucial strategy in combating climate change, mitigating the effects of heatwaves, and ...