Lab6

'Biomimicry' has greatly fascinated me. The idea of using Nature as the basis to new design technology concepts is amazing extremely effective. It gives technology an edge with concepts of nature being applied to technology and prevents the harms of modern technology that are damaging life on our planet. Searching through the website, I found some really interesting facts about some of the technologies that I have been really inspired by in the past few years. I found almost all the concepts on the website to be interesting but if I had to choose the 3, I would say:

I had read about the high-speed train in Japan and was really fascinated by it, I was surprised to see it on the website and its design concept. One of the fastest trains in the world and the design is based on two living organisms: the owl and the kingfisher. The owl is one of the quietest animals and designers studied this feature and applied it to the design of the train, making the train extremely quiet when travelling at very high speeds. The kingfisher's beak allows to reduce resistance when the bird dives into water. The shape of the front of the train mimics the kingfisher's beak, which reduces the air resistance of the train when entering and leaving a tunnel. The overall design of the train also reduces noise pollution which is extremely damaging to humans and animals, not to mention, the psychological damages such as insomnia, aggression, and stress. Secondly, industrial flue scrubber that mimics the enzymes of molluscs to segregate CO2 from waste gases and converting it to nontoxic limestone powder appealed to me a lot. I like this biomimicry example because utilizing this can reduce the amount of air pollution and green house effect, considering that this is becoming a huge cause of concern to the human race and nature of this planet. Lastly, the ultra strong non-toxic glue that sticks well to rough surfaces underwater. The glue mimics the parts of the secretion mussels use to hold onto underwater rocks and surfaces. This is extremely interesting as almost everyone uses glue and it being non-toxic can save up on a lot of pollution and hence nature.