How Termite Mounds Inspired A Self-Cooling Building

How Termite Mounds Inspired A Self-Cooling Building

by | Jul 17, 2019 | Biomimicry

How Termite Mounds Inspired A Self-Cooling Building Eastgate Center In Zimbabwe Learning from nature means searching for innovative solutions to complex problems. In Harare, Zimbabwe, where air conditioning is expensive to incorporate into a building, architect Mick...
10 Ways Engineers Have Been Inspired By Nature

10 Ways Engineers Have Been Inspired By Nature

by | Jul 3, 2019 | Biomimicry

Scientists and engineers are always on a mission to solve the world’s most complex problems. From advances in healthcare to safer, stronger and greener buildings, their inventions and discoveries are constantly improving our everyday lives — we just don’t always...
How Nature Inspired Japan’s Shinkansen

How Nature Inspired Japan’s Shinkansen

by | Jun 24, 2019 | Biomimicry

How Nature Inspired Japan’s Shinkansen Japan’s Shinkansen train is one of the fastest in the world. In 1989, the Shinkansen was able to travel up to 270 km per hour but unfortunately each time it entered a tunnel it was moving so fast that it was creating a sonic boom...
5 Famous Buildings Inspired By Nature

5 Famous Buildings Inspired By Nature

by | Jun 20, 2019 | Biomimicry

5 Famous Buildings Inspired By Nature There is a sense of serenity that is felt when surrounded by nature. Walking through a lush forest, sitting on the beach during sunset or hiking up mountains will often take your breath away. These moments make us stop and think...
Biomimicry – What We Can Learn From Nature

Biomimicry – What We Can Learn From Nature

by | Jun 13, 2019 | Biomimicry

Biomimicry – What We Can Learn From Nature What is Biomimicry? Biomimicry is all around us in the products we use, the buildings we design and the technologies we’ve built. Bio is the Greek word for life, and mimic means to copy, so biomimicry means to copy nature....