The Namibian desert beetle has lumps on its
back that collect water from fog in the air. the
water then runs down the beetles back from
the bumps into its mouth. like the beetle, the
sturo machine doest the same and collects
water from the fog.
Eco-machine and aquatic ecosystems
The eco machine is used to turn dirty/oily
water into clean and re-usable water. The
eco-machine was inspired by aquatic
eco-systems.
Reed beds and water filtering
In Marmul/Oman people have designed a
water filtering system that can turn dirty water
into re-usable water. There are four steps of
reeds, the water runs down the steps and so
the reeds take out any dirt and the water can
be used again.
Flamingo and Bidirectional turbine
Based on the way a flamingo feeds,
BiomiVal has developed a
bidirectional turbine that can profit
from the great energy that comes
from the sea and show interesting
increases of energy profit.
Bio-power and Under-water plants
An Australian company Bio-power systems have
developed bio-wave, inspired by the underd
water plants. a system that mimics the moyion of
under-water plants to generate great amounts of
electricity.
Cactus water and Cowboys
In very hot deserts such as the ones in
America, there are cowboys. Sometimes
these cowboys travel across the deserts to
different places. They can run out of water
aswell so in these hot deserts cactuses
grow and cactuses contain water inside of
them. So therefor the cowboys vut open the
cactuses and refill or drink there water.
Shark skin and Swimmsuit
A sharks skin inspired
swimsuits became very popular
when a professional swimmer
wore one and his swimming
speed increased instantly.
What is Biomimicry?
bio: meaning
life/mimic: meaning
copy/cry: meaning
create
Biomimicry is when humans copy the
ideas of nature to help the environment or
come up with new ideas to solve problems
of life.
Box fish and Car
the box fish is a very unusual shaped fish.
Inventors realized that if it were a car, it would be
a perfect shape for a family to be carried in.
Whale powered wind turbine
Humpback whales have bumps on their fins, these fins help
them to glide through the water. DR. Frank fish at the uni of
west, Chesterfield in Pennsylvania found out that these
bumps made an animal as bid and as clumsy as a whale
extreamly adgile. The bumps reduce drags and lifts the
whales body more. Dr. Fish was inspired after descovering
this, and so he invented what is now called whale power.