Dear Readers, As a new school year begins, I would like to discuss the inclusion of biomimetics in the Austrian educational system. I am thrilled to see the results of the efforts made by Bionikum: Alpen-Adria in integrating biomimetics into the school curriculum! In Austria, children aged 10 to 14 are part of Lower Secondary...
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As promised, I’d like to share more details about the B.A.U.M. project in this post. The B.A.U.M. project, named after the German word for „tree“ (Baum), is a school initiative focused on valuing trees with unique growth forms that are often overlooked in forestry and seen as burdensome. To address this, a consortium has been...
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Dear readers, it has been a while since we last posted on our blog. The reason is simple – the authors have been pursuing careers not necessarily related to biomimetics, and along with regular family life, the motivation to constantly provide content dwindled over time. However, the desire to continue writing persisted, waiting for the right...
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Dear readers, First of all, we wish you a happy new year, full of nice moments and health! It has been a while since we shared something with you on the blog, so it is about time to give you some news. In Villach (Austria), where all four of us bloggers did out Master’s degree,...
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Hello there, it was a rough month this April 2018. 1. Despite all efforts we could not prevent our Biomimetics course from death… It is cancelled! No more biomimetics at the Carinthian University of Applied Sciences. I am sad and angry and I still think it was not fair. In the end it is just...
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Dear readers, After several weeks/months without a new article I should give you a small update. We are working on it! We are developing concepts and will start soon to share them with you. We will need your feedback. A new platform for graduated Biomimicry- and Biomimetics- adopters is in development. A new regional organisation...
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Dear BlogIONIK readers, Merry Christmas and a happy new year 2018! We hope you will have a relaxing vacation, wonderful days with your families and friends, maybe some snow to do a little bit of winter sports and of course all the best for the upcoming year! For us, the new year will...
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Dear readers, my last article was published at the end of July. At that time, it was highly uncertain what will happen with the subject of Biomimetics in Austria, especially in Villach. The weeks went further along and a lot of work was done. Today you get again an overview about the current state of...
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Have you ever asked yourself how it is possible for migrating birds to be able to fly over such long distances in order to spend one part of the year in a more favourable environment? You have probably already seen swarms of birds flying away in a V-shaped formation, which for sure has an advantage...
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