Welcome to the world of biomimicry. The word comes from two Greek words: “bios” meaning life and “mimesis” meaning to imitate. It refers to designs or inventions that imitate the natural world.
The core idea is really simple yet game-changing. Despite the many advances of technology and engineering nothing competes with the natural world — there is no boat that glides as flawlessly as a fish or plane that flies as effortlessly as an eagle. But by observing the wonderful world Hashem created we can learn crucial lessons solve issues that technology is grappling with and improve manmade products such as the swimsuit and underwater eyes in the examples above.
Biomimicry wasn’t popular until 1997 when self-proclaimed nature nerd Janine Benyus wrote her famous book Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature and founded the Biomimicry Institute an organization dedicated to studying biomimicry.
Since then even large famous companies have started using this concept to come up with remarkable new inventions inspired by nature. Here are some of the latest:
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