biomimicry

Maple Seeds and Animals Exploit the Same Trick to Fly

Wednesday, June 17th, 2009

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The twirling seeds of maple trees spin like miniature helicopters as they fall to the ground. Because the seeds descend slowly as they swirl, they can View More...

Tags: aerodynamics, biomimicry, maple seed, wing
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Plant Inspired Heliotropic Solar Tracker

Sunday, June 7th, 2009

Many plants are heliotropic, gradually tilting towards the sun to optimize solar energy capture. Current sun-tracking solar panels involve the use of motors View More...

Tags: biomimicry, heliotropic, leaf, plant, solar, sun tracker
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Tuna Inspired Tidal Power Systems

Sunday, June 7th, 2009

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The tidal power conversion system, bioSTREAM™, is based on the highly efficient propulsion of Thunniform mode swimming species, such as shark View More...

Tags: biomimicry, biostream, hydro energy, tuna
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Plant inspired solar cells

Saturday, June 6th, 2009

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"Plant-inspired solar cells mimic photosynthetic dyes and processes to generate solar energy many times View More...

Tags: bioinspired, biomimetic, biomimicry, dye, leaf, leaves, photosynthesis, solar, solar cells
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Humpback Whale Inspired Air Foils

Saturday, June 6th, 2009

"Tubercle Technology began with WhalePower President, Dr. Frank E. Fish solving one of Nature's mysteries: How was it possible for Humpback Whales to be so astonishingly agile? View More...