Biometics

Bats in the cave. Photo: All-stock-photos/Shutterstock

The whiz of the bat

Scanning electron micrograph of nano bricks of the material nacre Credit: F. Heinemann; Wikimedia Creative Commons License.

Creating weak points to strengthen materials

Biomimicry conference symbol - academia and industry

Biomimicry - academia and industry - conference summary

bacterial colony. Photo: shutterstock

Electron transfer mechanism in bacteria

A new method for XNUMXD printing was developed by Jennifer Lewis and her team at Harvard, using multiple print heads and an adapted 'ink' to create complex living structures, along with the tiny blood vessels. Click here to see how it works. Photo: Wise Institute at Harvard University and SEAS

An important step towards XNUMXD printing of living tissues

Water Striders. Photo: shutterstock

Master chef inspired by nature

A group of snails climbs a tree. Photo: shutterstock

Robotics inspired by snails and clams

Self-organizing nanostructures. Photo: shutterstock

Towards nature-inspired self-organizing networks

Penguin dives. From shutterstock

Penguin Torpedo

Black-browed albatross (Thalassarche melanophris melanophris) adult in flight over the Scotia Sea. Photo: shutterstock

A lesson from Albatross in aviation economics

Hercules frog stuck to a branch. Photo: shutterstock

One of the wonders of the frog - attachment in a wet environment

Eyes at an art show. Illustration: shutterstock

Visualization inspired by the human eye

The lens in the human eye. Illustration: shutterstock

Biomimetic lens

Dog-like robots. Illustration: shutterstock

About dogs, robots and the relationship between them

The scaly-foot gastropod snail. Photo: Anders Warén, Swedish Museum of Natural History

The armor with the iron particles

SINGAPORE - Sustaining City Art Festival at Marina Bay, 4 April 2012. The festival seeks to celebrate the nightscape using energy efficient lighting. Niti Chuysakul / Shutterstock.com

Factories inspired by cells, cities inspired by coral reefs

Robotic insects. Illustration: shutterstock

Artificial Fossils / Lux Larsen

Flight of the Robotic Bees / Robert Wood, Radhika Nagpal and Gu-Yeon Wei

Hacking: Photo: shutterstock

Biomimetic strategies to fight hackers

Jean Contessant - Seashells. Presented at the Nano Israel conference, March 2012

Infect the problem in the blood vessels

Image of the robots. Courtesy of Simon Garnier, New Jersey Institute of Technology

Since when do ants have antennae?

The triple helical structure of collagen. From Wikimedia

Lighter, stronger, stiffer

A pine tree stump. Image by Fir0002 under the GNU 1.2 license from Wikipedia

Smart scales

Tiny robotic insects (Credit: Kevin Ma and Pakpong Chirarattananon, Harvard University.)

Flying robotic insects took first controlled flight

Dandelion flower. From Wikipedia

Dandelion against chemical warfare

Bird of Paradise: Image by Myukew under CCAttribution-Share Alike 2.0 License

There are no hinges in heaven

Robot-Bat: Image courtesy of Brown University

Most of them called

porcupine From Wikipedia

When misfortune becomes invention

Cheetah: Image courtesy of Malene, from wikimedia commons>

To get Usain Bolt you need the backbone of a cheetah

oysters Courtesy of Sharon Mollerus, from Wikipedia

Clamshell glue in the medical service

The Arabian tail. From Wikipedia

Misleading robots

Nachshon Yam Green. From Wikipedia. Photography: NEIL

Bio-engineering - the Nachshon Haim apprentice / interview by Gareth Cook