Category Archives: Biomimetics

MIT, Aussie Boffins Produce Cheaper Hydrogen

In last night’s Fast Forward Radio discussion of future vehicular fuel sources I tossed out a couple of bits of recent research that might make Hydrogen a bit more of an option in the intermediate future. It seems that considerable advances have been made in the last few months in terms of generating Hydrogen from […]

Why Invent When You Can Discover?

A Peruvian scientist named Luis Gustavo Lira is building a database of world-wide Biomimetics research projects, past and present. Biomimetics is “the application of methods and systems found in nature to the study and design of engineering systems and modern technology.” Apparently, nature has a lot to teach us: Species Application Tokay gecko adhesion Lily […]