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Resources - example

1. Resources - example. 2. Ridiculous Patents - example. Hijacker injector . 3. Running Shoe. 4. Polar Bear fur and Jacket. 5. Example: self cleaning. 6. Example: velcro.

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  1. 1 Resources - example

  2. 2 Ridiculous Patents - example Hijacker injector

  3. 3 Running Shoe

  4. 4 PolarBearfur and Jacket

  5. 5 Example: self cleaning

  6. 6 Example: velcro Velcroresulted in 1948 from a Swiss engineer, George de Mestral, noticing how thehooks of the plant burrs stuck in the fur of his dog http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velcro http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2004/05/040512044455.htm

  7. 7 7 Example: airplane wing design Using a wind tunnel, researchers have found that the flipperof the humpback whale is a more efficient wing designthan the current model used by the aeronautics industry on airplanes. Engineers are working to apply the aerodynamic findings to future airplane and automotive design

  8. 8 Example: Sharkskin Engineers at Airbus have used the rough skin of the shark as inspiration in developing a striated foil coating for the wings of aircraft, a design which has resulted in six percent less friction and improved fuel efficiency. Speedo® Fastskin® is the most technically advanced swimwear ever made. Unique fabric mimics a sharkskin with dermal denticles-tiny hydrofoils with V-shaped ridges that decrease drag and turbulence. Researchers are using shark skin as a model for creating new coatings that prevent adhesion of algae and barnacles to boats. The new coating is modeled after sharks' placoid scales. http://www.berlinews.de/archiv-2004/2212.shtml http://www.speedo.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=19&Itemid=115&lc=el&cc=cy http://www.defensetech.org/archives/001429.html

  9. 9 Use of resources: biological GPS-Equipped Pigeons Enlisted as Pollution Bloggers Pigeons carrying high-tech backpacks that contain pollution sensors, GPS units, and stripped-down cell phones have been enlisted to create accurate, detailed urban pollution maps. Now scientists are taking the concept of small, low-cost sensors all over the world for their air-pollution research. Japanese boffins create scuttling cyber spies Cybernetically enhanced bugs have become a reality meaning that humanity may have more to worry about than the threat of AI-style robots taking over the world. Japanese boffins at Tokyo University are developing a 'robo-roach' remote controlled insect that could be used to carry a miniature camera and microphone. It would not be to make very small documentaries or make its own cockroach karoake either; robo-roach could be used in any number of environments ranging from searching through rubble for disaster victims to acting as a tiny spy in espionage missions. Cockroaches make the ideal agent because they cannot be shot, poisoned or bribed and would be the only life form likely to survive a nuclear war. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/bigphotos/21368005.html

  10. 10 www.biomimicry.org http://database.biomimicry.org/start.php

  11. 11 “The significant problems that we have cannot be solved at the same level of thinking with which we created them.” Albert Einstein

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