How does nature make durable materials like corals without heat or a kiln? How do peacock feathers get their beautiful colors? And how do geckos stick to all kinds of surfaces, allowing them to run up ...

From water-skipping robots to elephant-skin inspired cooling materials, engineers have continued to find inspiration in nature in order to move technology forward for humans. While biomimicry has been ...

In another example of unsettling biomimicry, engineering researchers from the University of New South Wales in Sydney were inspired by an elephant’s trunk and designed what looks more like a robotic ...

Zoom in to the inner world of your veins, arteries and capillaries, and you'll find an engineering marvel: the red blood cell. Disc-shaped and flexible, millions of these oxygen transporters can be ...

We live in the Anthropocene, a time that privileges the human experience above all else. The planet is continually harmed and exploited, making people seemingly oblivious to the human interactions ...

Designers and engineers have often looked to the environment and how Mother Nature has accomplished phenomenal design solutions for inspiration over the ages. Perhaps all that is new about this ...

Throughout history's evolutionary arc, nature has solved many of the elemental problems modern engineers face. Biomimetics is a branch of science devoted to seeking out and emulating such natural ...

Natura also counts on consulting from Janine Benyus’ Biomimicry 3.8 for the use of biomimicry in other areas such as the sustainable production of palm oil. Other biomimicry applications are in the ...

UC Professor Sameh Eisa is using the flight mechanics of albatrosses to develop more energy-efficient, wind-adaptive drones through a DARPA-funded biomimicry project. Albatrosses, with wingspans ...

Videos X-POD 138 pavilion structure, currently installed at the Omi International Arts Center in Ghent, New York. Image Courtesy of Haresh Lalvani This article was originally published by Autodesk's ...