To copy life. To make life better. To make life possible. To copy life. I like it. Asknature.org is full of some pretty interesting and inspirational discoveries and developments being made in the world biomimicry. Biomimicry itself is especially exciting as it pertains to design. Industrial design, at its basest, is problem solving. Nature is itself a system that works on its own, and compensates and adapts to whatever it must in order to maintain balance. It probably has most of the problems solved…
Cephalopods are my favorite animals, second only to dinosaurs. They’re exciting. Completely made up of muscle and brain and copper-based blood, they are truly alien creatures.
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/david_gallo_shows_underwater_astonishments.html
http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1250579695?bclid=1252300654&bctid=1519113176
Application of the inherent biotechnology in these creatures could be used for a variety of different things. Their ability to change color seems to be at the forefront of study in application to design. Made possible by elastic pigment sacs, the rapid change in the skin color and texture of cephalopods could be a preview of things to come in the world of products. From flexible solar coating, to biodegradable video screens, to smart textiles and ultimate camouflage, cephalopods could hold the key. And they’re awesome.
The work being done by Asknature.com is noble, exciting, and ultimately cool for so many reasons. First of all, it’s interdisciplinary. Secondly, it’s free and open source. Most of all, it has ultimate potential for kinetic development of knowledge without end. There is so much to be learned from nature that the information gather can only be added to. There will always be more…
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