Biomimicry -learning from nature

"Nature does it best."  Some designers look to nature for solutions to problems and for new design ideas. We looked at how velcro was invented after the Swiss engineer George de Mestral got burs stuck to his trousers and dog's fur. He was curious as to how it worked and spent the next few years developing his ideas and finally creating velcro.  We studied some 'biddy-bids' with magnifying glasses to see what we noticed.

We came up with ideas of animals that could have traits that could help us develop inventions to help people in many areas. 

We looked at many examples of designs that have used ideas from nature. There are some great resources out there - one of them a book written by Dee Pigneguy, who happens to be the Grandma of one of our students! Check out this peek inside 'Nature's Techno Tricks' for lots of amazing biomimicry information.  

If we look closely enough at nature imagine how many ideas we could get for designs in the future!