biomimicry
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- noun
- /ˌbaɪoʊˈmɪmɪkri/
- Specialized
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biomimética
- Biomimicry (derived from bio, which means life, and mimesis, which means to imitate) is a new science and an art created to emulate nature's biological development to solve human problems (Biomimicry Institute, 2007).
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The same way Einstein assumes the speed of light to be a constant of reference for his Theory of Relativity, the philosophy of biomimicry assumes nature as a constant of reference to a performance-based beauty for design.
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Engineers are studying biomimicry to design more efficient wind turbine blades inspired by dolphin skin.
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Nanotechnology has been applied to biomimicry as well.
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The Biomimicry Guild has developed a Biology Design Spiral.
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But the idea of incorporating biomimicry and the values of nature into physical architecture is something that needs to happen for humanity to survive.
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I'm talking about biomimicry... a special case of learning and imitating the behaviors and physics of the natural world around us.
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I think biomimicry in cats' bone structures is the key for engineers and designers to pursue for chassis design.
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Since its discovery, the scaly-foot snail has been the focus of biomimicry investigations looking for human, vehicular, and structural armor applications.
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Following the workshop, participants have already adapted their syllabi, scheduled internal biomimicry training workshops, taught biomimicry concepts to kids at public museums, and begun work on developing biomimicry toolkits for children.
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Using the biomimicry method, the University of Michigan has developed a layered plastic based on the brick-and-mortar molecular structure of a seashell (Biomimicry and Nanotechnology, 2007).
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How Biomimetic
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Biomimicry joins bio- ('life') and mimic ('to copy'), so it literally means 'copying life'. Think of designers copying a lotus leaf to make water-repellent cloth and a termite mound to cool a building, and that's why biomimicry means making things by copying nature.