New Year’s greetings to our readers. So far, me and my colleagues have written about many different topics, organisms, complex systems, but where can one actually apply the knowledge gained from Biomimetics? The answer is: „Everywhere!“. In this article I will discuss the diversity of Biomimetics and how we can contribute to a sustainable living. The...
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Renewable energies – it is a hot topic since the last 10 years. Many developed countries around the world are tending to shift their energy production to a “green” one due to the global warming problem and energetic self-sufficiency. Among all possible renewable energy technologies, photovoltaic industry is growing very fast. Its main material is...
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Wood and cotton!! How similar are they ? In the last article of natural materials I wrote about woodpeckers and seashells, but there a lot more natural materials which we come in contact with in everyday life. One of the most common one being wood, there are many forms of it and all of them exist in nature as composite material....
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I am pretty sure every one of you has already heard about a super natural material – spider silk which is lightweight but at the same time tougher than steel. It has been a topic of engineering research for many years, with the aim to synthetically produce it but so far with no real...
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At this point, you have probably read some of our articles about Biomimetic research and products. We hope that we could give you an idea of the exciting world of Biomimetics and its potential which fascinates us so much! But I would like to pause for a moment here and tackle a reasonable question which...
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Natural materials!! As the name suggests it refers to materials which are made by nature like silk, wood, leather etc, But what are they good for? Do they have unique properties which we can learn from? The answer is yes! Natural materials possess many good qualities like strength, toughness, crack resistance, fire resistance and self...
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Who doesn’t know the famous lotus plant Nelumbo nucifera? If you type down the word „Biomimetics“ in Google pictures, you get this plant as one of the first results. It’s a typical example of biomimetic products because the self-cleaning façade colour (Lotusan© – video ) has been produced based on lotus‘ superhydrophobic surface. The largest...
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Biology is quite a complex subject. Especially when you are trying to get deeper into a topic and understand how it is built up, functions and works, it can be very challenging and time-consuming to study a particular topic to its full extent. Still – behind every complex function there is a basic principle or...
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