Five medical innovations inspired by nature
Link: Five medical innovations inspired by nature - Times Online. This article summarizes a number of biomedical advances inspired by nature, including: more efficient hearing aids based on the...
View ArticleGreenshield™: Nanoscale Multitasking
Link: Textile World - Greenshield™: Nanoscale Multitasking. "G3i’s GreenShield™ multifunctional textile finishes, produced according to principles of green nanotechnology, rely on surface...
View ArticleTraveling Sales Ants & Swarming Robots
Link: The Alien Next Door: Traveling Sales Ants & Swarming Robots. This post summarizes the Scientific American article Swarm Smarts (Eric Bonabeau and Guy Théraulaz) on the power of...
View ArticleHow Do You Make A Robot Fish? Copy Bluefin Tuna
Link: How Do You Make A Robot Fish? Copy Bluefin Tuna -- Robotics -- InformationWeek. "The Olin-Boston Engineering project expects to have a working prototype of its "RoboTuna" by the end of the year....
View ArticlePMX-30063 The First And Only Defensin Mimetic Systemic Antibiotic Drug In...
Link: PMX-30063 The First And Only Defensin Mimetic Systemic Antibiotic Drug In Human Clinical Trials. "Completely different from other antibiotic compounds currently on the market, PMX-30063 is a...
View ArticleDiatom nanostructures bend light
Link: BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Diatom nanostructures bend light. Simple marine algae called diatoms have evolved intricate structures that allow them to manipulate light. Visible light is strongly...
View ArticleA New MRSA Defense
Link: Technology Review: A New MRSA Defense. Researchers led by Giovanni Appendino (Piemonte Orientale University) and Simon Gibbons (School of Pharmacy at the University of London) have discovered...
View ArticleA Synthetic Tree Grows at Cornell | Wired Science from Wired.com
Link: A Synthetic Tree Grows at Cornell | Wired Science from Wired.com. 2008/09/16 see comment for an additional pointer (thanks to Gauthier Chapelle) that provides more information and relates this...
View ArticleInterview with Julian Vincent
Link: :: Material Beliefs :: Interview with Julian Vincent. Julian's current interests are related to how problems in processing are solved in biology in comparison with technology, "at present there...
View ArticleWhat Your Boss Can Learn From Birds and Bees
Link: What Your Boss Can Learn From Birds and Bees. This post touches on three concepts from Ken Thompson's Bioteams: High Performance Teams Based on Nature's Most Successful Designs, which suggests...
View ArticleNothing stops an expert in the art of living
Link: Nothing stops an expert in the art of living. South Africans use a natural flypaper, the leaves of Roridula gorgonias. Although flies become stuck to the adhesive droplets on leaf hairs, the...
View ArticleHOK and Biomimicry Guild Form Alliance to Integrate Nature's Innovations in...
Link: HOK and Biomimicry Guild Form Alliance to Integrate Nature's Innovations in the Design of Buildings, Communities and Cities Worldwide - MarketWatch. HOK and the Biomimicry Guild have forged a...
View ArticleStreaming Portal - Alpbacher Technologiegespräche 2008
Link: Streaming Portal - Alpbacher Technologiegespräche 2008. The recent Alpbacher conference included three talks on bionics moderated by Bernhard Pelzl (Joanneum Research Forschungsgesellschaft mbH):...
View ArticleTree-Powered Forest Fire Alert Network Gets Its Power From Bioenergy :...
Link: Tree-Powered Forest Fire Alert Network Gets Its Power From Bioenergy : TreeHugger. Though it’s been known for some time that there was a small amount of electrical potential between many plants...
View ArticlePeter Head: Entering an Ecological Age | Arup
2008/10/04: added pointer to Resources post Link: Peter Head: Entering an Ecological Age | Arup. In a landmark lecture for the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), Arup director Peter Head explored...
View ArticleSustainable Design From Biomimicry – Nature Offers Industrial Green Designs
Link: Sustainable Design From Biomimicry – Nature Offers Industrial Green Designs - Popular Mechanics. Led by biologists from the Montana-based Biomimicry Guild, a consulting firm that also works with...
View ArticleWater Companies Taking Cue From Nature
Link: Greentech Media | Water Companies Taking Cue From Nature. This article describes the Vortex Generator by Sweden's Watreco that uses vortex motion to purify water. Watreco has commercialized a...
View ArticleArtificial Cells: Models Of Eel Cells Suggest Electrifying Possibilities
Link: Artificial Cells: Models Of Eel Cells Suggest Electrifying Possibilities. Applying modern engineering design tools to one of the basic units of life, [researchers at Yale University and NIST]...
View ArticleTechnology Review: Sticky Nanotape
Link: Technology Review: Sticky Nanotape A team led by Liming Dai (University of Dayton) and Zhong Wang (GeorgiaTech) have developed a carbon nanotube dry adhesive patterned on gecko feet. The...
View ArticleNissan looks to the Bumblebees for tips on crash avoidance
Link: Nissan looks to the Bumblebees for tips on crash avoidance Nissan is working with the University of Tokyo on a proactive collision avoidance system based on how bees detect and avoid obstacles...
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