1 / 12

Ways That Technology Mimics Nature

Ways That Technology Mimics Nature. Lily Winslow. Fibonacci.

jewell
Download Presentation

Ways That Technology Mimics Nature

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Ways That Technology Mimics Nature Lily Winslow

  2. Fibonacci Fibonacci is a pattern in which a series of numbers equal the two numbers before it. For example: 0,1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21,34,55, ect. This pattern can go on forever. This pattern also appears very often in nature. See if you can spot it in these pitures!

  3. Fractal A fractal is a figure that branches out, or strays from the whole without changing its statistical character. Find the fractals in these pictures!

  4. Bio Mimicry This is when something in nature (bio) is mimicked so that technology can be improved. (see next few slides)

  5. Gecko Tape This tape was made to mimic a gecko’s way of sticking to vertical objects and trees. This product uses weak intermolecular attraction forces to be REALLY sticky. This mimics a gecko’s feet and the setae ( a bristly component on a gecko’s feet)

  6. ShinkasenBullet Train This train is the fastest in the world. But it wasn’t always that way. At first, it was very noisy. When coming out of a tunnel, the train would make a loud bang because of the change in air pressure. The engineers looked for inspiration in nature. They found that in a king fisher bird. This small bird is able to dive into the water without much splashing. The engineers redesigned the train so that the front mimicked the beak of the king fisher. Now the train goes much faster, is much quiter, and uses much less energy.

  7. Mercedes-Benz Bionic Concept Vehicle Mercedes-Benz designers were trying to design a new aerodynamic car . They found inspiration in a box fish. Box fish have a dreadfully boxy shape, but they are very fast because of their rigid exoskeleton and co-efficient drag. This car looks very boxy, but it moves super fast.

  8. East Gate Centre This building was designed after a termite mound, because it is one of the things in nature that has the ability to self-cool. This revolutionary design minimized heating and cooling bills and energy by 90%, compared to other buildings of it’s size.

  9. Interface Carpets This carpet pattern mimics the random design on the forest floor, which makes things much easier when it comes to changing carpet pieces. This allows people to change the carpets without anyone being able to tell the difference between the new piece and the one it replaced.

  10. Whale Power The inspiration for this design came from whale fins, hence the strange title. The ridges on a whale’s flipper are very aerodynamic. This helps the windmills this idea benefited. Now there is less drag and the windmill can go 17 miles per hour.

  11. The Lotus Effect Did you know that the lotus flower is free of contaminants and detergents? This is because of waxy crystals and bumps on the leaves. The leaves make water ball up and mix with dirt and other contaminants. This natural technology is applied to paint, wood, textiles and glass.

  12. Bibliography Google.com www. Designbloom.com Internet shortcuts Google images Questions For Further Study: What is the connection between nature and computers?

More Related