Examples
This was biomimicked to improve the speed of swimsuits.
What is a Shark?
The idea that you can copy something from nature in order to solve a problem or improve a design.
What is Biomimicry?
An animal I could mimic if I wanted to have something be waterproof.
What is an otter or a duck?
Able to hurt or damage
Harmful
This was biomimicked to improve the Bullet Train in Japan.
What is a Kingfisher?
The idea that you can look to Nature in order to get ideas to improve a design.
What is Bioinspiration?
An animal I could mimic if I want to create an omni-directional helicopter.
What is a hummingbird or a dragonfly (or a multitude of flying insects)?
without end or restriction
Unlimited
This was biomimicked from a plant called Burdock
Velcro
Who is Janine Benyus?
An animal I could mimic if I wanted to design a robot that could squeeze into tight spaces and remove rubble from a disaster area in order to save people who are trapped.
What is a spider?
To show the meaning or truth of something more clearly
Illustrate
Before the invention of sunscreen, people had no way to protect themselves from these ____ of the sun.
Harmful
These are the three categories of Biomimicry.
What are shape/form, process, and ecosystem?
A plant I could mimic if I wanted to design a solar panel that turned during the day in order to follow the sun.
What is a sunflower?
to stop something from happening or stop someone from doing something
Prevent
shaped after birds, this allows fast travel over long distances
Planes
Wind turbines are biomimicked from?
Humpback whales
An animal that I could mimic if I wanted to make a rigid, protective backpack that was still flexible enough to curve down the human back.
What is an armadillo?
A set of lines, colours, or shapes that repeat in a regular way
Pattern