When Japanese engineer Eiji Nakatsu was designing the new 500-series Shinkansen bullet train in the 1990s, he was looking for ...
If you like to stay on top of what's hot in the design world, there's a nature-inspired decor trend that will certainly be ...
explains how nature’s ecosystems absorb the shock of change by varying speeds of adaptation. Inspired by the work of ...
The PhysiScope is an initiative of the National Centre for Competence in Research (NCCR) on Materials with Novel Electronic Properties (MaNEP), a scientific network with the University of Geneva ...
Researchers have created a novel, energy-independent facade system that passively responds to weather changes.
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Fran Scott shows inspirational examples of man-made products that are interpreting nature’s biological functions. For example, spiders silk inspiring Kevlar, termite mounds inspiring passive ...