Monthly Archives: December 2011
Random Posts of Interest
To understand is to perceive patterns http://vimeo.com/34182381 The Wisdom Of Trees (Leonardo Da Vinci Knew It) http://www.npr.org/2011/12/26/144127874/the-wisdom-of-trees-leonardo-da-vinci-knew-it What Makes Wings Work? http://www.sciencefriday.com/program/archives/201112165
14 Best Inventions Using Biomimicry in 2011
$5m Govt Investment in Biomimetic Wave Energy Project
Great news for this Australian developer of bio-inspired power generation systems: SYDNEY, Nov. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Ocean energy company, BioPower Systems (BPS), today announced that the Victorian Minister for Energy and Resources, the Hon. Michael O’Brien MP, has awarded the company conditional funding support of $5 million under the Sustainable Energy Pilot Demonstration Program. The funding will be […]
Turning Cities Into Living Organisms
Another good post in FastCompany’s Biomimicry – Nature of Innovation series: When city services can autonomously go online and digest information from the cloud, they can reach a level of performance never before seen. First up, water systems that automatically know when it will rain and react accordingly. Continued at FastCompany.