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Video: DOLPi -Low Cost RasPi Based Polarization Cameras
Hack-A-Day 2015 Prize Finalist Video for the DOLPi Polarimetric cameras. This video investigates the science of polarization and a new application to solve real world problems such as visualizing land mines, pollution and more. The Full Paper Below is a great resource on a biomachine inspired by nature to solve real world problems: DOLPi –…
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Student example: Bio-inspired drawing samples
To get you ready for the project of doing a nature-inspired drawing informed by the topic of pollinator decline and biodiversity loss. here are some examples First year engineering design drawings focusing on biomimicry, biomimetics and bio-inspired design. ISSUU link
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Article: Rise Of The Robot Bees: Tiny Drones Turned Into Artificial Pollinators
Pollinators of important crops are threatened with the challenges in the environment. Can robot drones help? Find out in this article about scientists developing prototype drones for artificial pollination. https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/03/03/517785082/rise-of-the-robot-bees-tiny-drones-turned-into-artificial-pollinators
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Video: Biomimicry Global Design Challenge 2015 – Jube
Edible insects may be one of the answers to our global food crisis. They are high in protein and rich in essential micronutrients, such as iron and zinc. They also don’t need as much space as livestock, emit lower levels of greenhouse gases, and have an extremely high feed conversion rate. The BioX team from…
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Video: From Butterflies to Biophotonic Implants
At Caltech, engineers inspired by nano-scale structures on butterfly wings have developed synthetic versions that make eye implants for glaucoma patients function more accurately.
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Gilberto Esparza: Nomadic Plants
Vegetation and microorganisms live in symbiosis inside the body of the Nomadic Plants robot. Whenever its bacteria require nourishment, the self-sufficient robot will move towards a contaminated river and ‘drink’ water from it. Through a process of microbial fuel cell, the elements contained in the water are decomposed and turned into energy that can feed…
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Gershon Dublin: PHOX Ears
The Electronic Fox Ears helmet is a listening device that changes its wearer’s experience of hearing. A pair of head-mounted, independently articulated parabolic microphones and built-in bone conduction transducers allow the wearer to sharply direct their attention to faraway sound sources. Field recording and ambient sound have long been a part of electronic music; our…
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Thijs Biersteker : Symbiosia
Trees produce annual growth rings within their trunks, hidden beneath their bark. The thickness and shape of the rings can vary, depending the health of the trees. Environmental changes such as fires, droughts, and pollution levels, as well as disease, all affect their appearance. The rings are visual documentation of the lives of trees. An…
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Video: Soft autonomous earthworm robot at MIT
Earthworms creep along the ground by alternately squeezing and stretching muscles along the length of their bodies, inching forward with each wave of contractions. Snails and sea cucumbers also use this mechanism, called peristalsis, to get around, and our own gastrointestinal tracts operate by a similar action, squeezing muscles along the esophagus to push food…
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Video: Biobots- Snakebot, Batbot, and More Robots Inspired by Nature | WIRED
Nature knows what it’s doing, and roboticists are more than happy to steal evolution’s ideas to make a plethora of curious and clever machines.
