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Termite Mounds and Office Buildings Chris and Dennis

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Termite Mounds and Office Buildings Chris and Dennis

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Using an intricate network of intentionally air pockets, the mounds create a ventilation system using convection.  The engineering firm Arup built an entire shopping center in Zimbabwe based on this natural convection system. Currently the system uses 10% less energy than a traditional air-conditioned facility.

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Bees are more than busy; they’re also agile. Despite their limited brainpower, individuals can sense what job the colony needs done and set at it instinctively.

Electrical grid components don’t monitor the whole grid. Regen Energy (Energy Company in Perth) turns a company’s uncommunicative power-sucking appliances and machines into a network it is then able to balance loads during pricey peak-power periods when electricity is expensive, or worse, unreliable. The company provides controllers that communicate wirelessly with each other to maximise efficiency, keeping every bee in the hive in sync.

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Tentacle Inspired Prosthetic Arm -by bobby and tom

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Tentacle Inspired Prosthetic Arm -by bobby and tom

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- Allows for easier movement and grip, a problem that has plagued many prosthetic limb designs already on the market.
- Will allow for less motors and machinery to occupy the space within the arm.
- It uses less parts, and is cheaper to produce and easier to maintain.

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- Fire flies are nocturnal members of the family Lampridaye.
- They have light organs under their abdomen.
- They produce light via luciferen and oxygen whilst producing no heat. (Bioluminescense)
- Glow sticks is an item consisting of two chemicals that combine to create a luminescent glow.
- Glow sticks are used for underwater, military forces, campers, recreational and entertainment uses. (Chemoluminescent)
- Scientists identified a pattern of jagged scales that enhanced the luminescent glow , and applied that knowledge to LED design to create an LED over-layer that mimicked the natural structure. The over-layer, which increased LED light efficiency up to 55 percent.

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Humpback Whale Wind Energy (Stefan and Ezra) 

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Humpback Whale Wind Energy (Stefan and Ezra) 

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It has been discovered that the idea of wind turbine energy derived from the structure of a humpback whale.
-The agility from the bumps leading onto the edges of their flippers gives the humpbacks better grip on the water at sharper angles.
- Wind turbine creators have modelled the humpback fins to increase their efficiency.

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- Termite mounds temperature is regulated
- while the outside temp may be at a low -1 degrees or a high of 38 degrees the inside of a termite mound is at comfortable temp (for termites) at 29 degrees.
- Mick Pearce, investigated termite mounds an there internal structures.
- a 333,000 square-foot Eastgate Centre now uses 90 percent less energy to heat and cool.
- the chimneys naturally draw in cool air at night to lower the temp of the floor slabs
- the slabs retain the coolness, greatly reducing the need for supplemental air conditioning.
- just like air conditions

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- Designed to rescue people.
- Moves like a spider.
- Can reach areas inaccessible by humans.
- 4 legs always on the ground, other legs turn and prepare for movement.
- Small enough to fit into tight spaces, durable enough to not break.
- Designed to monitor environment.
- Real spider legs are made of segments that allow for quick, agile movement.
- Robot spiders have "knees" that mimic the segments

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-the Namib desert beetle uses microscopic bumps and ridges to condense water from moisture in the air into droplets for the beetle to use.
- Researchers at MIT are developing a material that uses the same kind of bumps and ridges to collect water from the air.
It is intended to be used in bottles to capture water for military operations in dry, arid areas.

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By Ryan and Nish
- The needle uses the mosquito like structure to pierce using pressure to stabilise and painlessly glide into the skin.

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Sonar navigation (Joshua Emmanouil & Amechi Okwechime)

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Sonar navigation (Joshua Emmanouil & Amechi Okwechime)

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•Bats are able to “see” in the dark by sending out sound waves that bounce back to the bats’ ears from objects such as fruit on trees and flying insect prey. Dolphins also use echolocation and sonar navigation to find their prey. The echolocation or biosonar is currently a simpler way for robots to locate objects in areas without the needed light. Examples of machines which use this method of navigation are;

- The sonar navigator in submarines or control towers in airports to locate distant objects.

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By Zac Donaldson and James Stockwell
This robot uses senses to mimic inchworms as it feels around to determine where it should grasp for the best grip. The inchworm moves by moving back legs while holding on with the front legs, then advancing its front section while holding on with the back legs. The Robot movement is exactly like a inchworm.  The robot could be a helpful tool for humans who might need to scale trees for dangerous tasks.

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Hyrdopower ‘bioWave’ inspired by seaweed - Oliver & Daniel

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Hyrdopower ‘bioWave’ inspired by seaweed - Oliver & Daniel

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Biowave mimics the anchoring behavior of seaweed to capture energy from waves in the ocean. Like seaweed, Biowave devices are anchored to the floor of the ocean, and as the seaweed sways, the Biowave units sway too, but this energy is captured.