Vocab
Copying nature in order to solve technical problems
biomimicking
Which animals inspired the japanese train?
The kingfisher, the penguin and the owl
To attach with glue
to stick
A hyped word, a trendy expression
a buzzword
Name 2 companies that used biomimicry
Nike, Kraft, Colgate, Herman Miller, General Mills, Kohler, Boeing...
form into a shape
to model
A bird's mouth
A beak
give 3 phenomenons that can be used for biomimicry
stick like a gekko, compute like a cell, run a business like a redwood forest
to invent an expression
to coin an expression
Physical property that make lotus leaves self-clean themselves
A bump
Where does engineers usually inspire themselves when they create something?
They look at existing human technologies
to fly down on a prey
to swoop down
The rig that connects the train to the electric wires above
pantograph
Give the 3 main ways to solve problems by mimicking nature (100 bonus points for each exemples)
To mimic it shape, mimic the process, mimic the whole ecosystem
to revamp and repurpose
(Not recycle)
To upcycle