https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7 note down a product that has been inspired by an aspect of nature... and say what inspired it? en-us 2016-09-20 13:56:01 UTC 2025-09-24 10:30:06 UTC hello@padlet.com simoncwood https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125096985 Peacock Feather's are cool !

The colored, iridescent feathers of the male peacock aren't what they seem on the surface... in fact they are all brown.  They look that way largely because the feathers contain nanometer-scale  structures that break up incoming light waves, recombine and reflect them as rich, vibrant colors. Scientists  think they have a technology that emulates this process to display pictures without chemicals or electrical power. Eventually, the technology could replace the displays now used on smartphones, tablets, and computer screens, with strikingly high definition." ]]> 2016-09-20 14:34:52 UTC https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125096985 simoncwood https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125125031 2016-09-20 15:30:42 UTC https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125125031 https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125263503 Box Fish
The box fish was invented and made by Daimler Chrysler.The box fish live's in the coral reefs.The car is called Mercedes Bionic.The Mercedes Bionic was mainly designed and shaped by the yellow box fish.

]]> 2016-09-21 00:33:45 UTC https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125263503 https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125912437 I think its so cool ,these new fans disigned to look like whale fins.]]> 2016-09-23 04:07:33 UTC https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125912437 https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125912516 How can a robot climb a smooth surface like glass without using suction cups, which are slow and inefficient? The secret lies in the intricate design of a gecko’s toes. Mark Cutkosky, a professor of mechanical engineering at  Stanford University, developed the ‘Stickybot’ with the same type of dry adhesive that lets Geckos cling to the most improbable of surfaces. This ‘directional adhesive’ relies on millions of hairs on the ridges of a gecko’s foot with split ends that interact with the molecules of the climbing surface.

]]> 2016-09-23 04:08:42 UTC https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125912516 https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125912518 The Kingfisher's beak helped design the Japan's Bullet train to travel soundlessly instead of having a loud bang after getting out of tunnels]]> 2016-09-23 04:08:44 UTC https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125912518 https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125912528 Velcro was invented by the Swiss engineer George de Mestral in 1941 after he removed burrs from his dog and decided to take a closer look at how they worked. The small hooks at the ends of each bur needle inspired him to mimic them, creating the velcro we use today.

]]> 2016-09-23 04:08:57 UTC https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125912528 https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125912655 The feet of a gecko helped scientist make a new tape which is a lot stronger  then normal tape called Gecko tape.

]]> 2016-09-23 04:09:54 UTC https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125912655 https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125912693 The box fish is shaped as a box and so is the car. The vehicle is called the Mercedes Bionic.]]> 2016-09-23 04:10:25 UTC https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125912693 https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125912702 Porcupines inspired injection needles, because their needles go into the skin so easily, so we decided to use this to make injections easier,making accidents less likely and injections much quicker.
James Deal

]]> 2016-09-23 04:10:30 UTC https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125912702 https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125912732 They designed the shape of the camp axe on the shape of the woodpecker's beak]]> 2016-09-23 04:11:08 UTC https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125912732 https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125912761 The Dolphin Inspired creators to make this amazing super, sped up, slim, aero dynamic 'Sea Breacher.' This vehicle allows you to speed through water at high speeds.]]> 2016-09-23 04:11:45 UTC https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125912761 mwilkinson21 https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125912771 ~Madeline Wilkinson






]]> 2016-09-23 04:11:52 UTC https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125912771 https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125912774 Very streamlined vehicle with a 65% lower drag in the time that is was created (2005) although is was created a while ago it is still a form of biomimicry]]> 2016-09-23 04:11:54 UTC https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125912774 https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125912871 2016-09-23 04:14:01 UTC https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125912871 https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125912932 Humpback Whales have inspired the designers at speedo to make the nemesis fins, which are designed to be faster than normal fins. ]]> 2016-09-23 04:15:07 UTC https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125912932 https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125912936 The camp axe was designed off the Woodpecker's beak

]]> 2016-09-23 04:15:10 UTC https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125912936 https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125912953 Velcro was inspired by bur. The spikes on bur connected two burs together. Scientists were fascinated by this so they created velcro..

-Crystal

]]> 2016-09-23 04:15:32 UTC https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125912953 https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125913021 2016-09-23 04:16:57 UTC https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125913021 https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125913043 Geckos can walk along walls and ceilings, because their feet can stick. This showed people that they could make plastics that can stick to walls. The plastic can now stick to walls and hold up to a pound of weight

]]> 2016-09-23 04:17:26 UTC https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125913043 https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125913076 Ernwwst]]> 2016-09-23 04:18:14 UTC https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125913076 https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125913113 Geckos can walk along walls and ceilings, because their feet can stick. This showed people that they could make plastics that can stick to walls. The plastic can now stick to walls and hold up to a pound of weight]]> 2016-09-23 04:18:54 UTC https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125913113 https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125913118 The whales have large flippers with unusual byumps called tubercles. People were inspired to make wind tunnels with the tubeerrcles to make more energy.

The chickens fins help them move thrpough the water. Humans thought about wind turbines and remodled 

Them so they move quiker.

]]> 2016-09-23 04:18:56 UTC https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125913118 pchetwode https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125913157 A termite mound was used to build a climate control system in Zimbabwe. The company is working on developing their understanding of these termites
-Persia]]> 2016-09-23 04:19:32 UTC https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125913157 https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125913174 Crystal]]> 2016-09-23 04:19:52 UTC https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125913174 https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125913190 2016-09-23 04:20:07 UTC https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125913190 https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125913263 Humans have been able imitate dolphins underwater communications with one simple device
This helps divers find eachother]]> 2016-09-23 04:21:22 UTC https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125913263 https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125913336 The box fish lives anywhere from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic ocean. Under it’s box shaped body, it has box shaped boned which helps prevent collision in collision. They also use minimum energy. They have made a car copying the properties of the box fish and they have said it is the perfect car design. It also uses very little perol.

]]> 2016-09-23 04:23:02 UTC https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125913336 https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125913520 Sharkskin inspired swimsuits to get a lot of media attention during the summer 2008 olympics. Under an electron microscope sharkskin is made up of overlapping scales called dermal denticles (or “little skin teeth)

]]> 2016-09-23 04:26:13 UTC https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125913520 https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125917295 Burs influenced velcro,
Burs seemed to stick to dogs fur and you would have to pull it off with influenced velcro. One day somebody saw all the burs on his bulldogs body and thought what if we could use burs to help kids were their shoes so they won't have to tie shoe laces, so thats the biomimicry that influenced velcro.
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]]> 2016-09-23 05:45:46 UTC https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125917295 https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125917304 The Bur Helped to make velcro because the curved tips on the bur would stick to clothes dogs and animals.]]> 2016-09-23 05:45:51 UTC https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125917304 https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125917313 Have you ever thought about velcro, well now you can! When velcro was invented in 1941 the designers released information ]]> 2016-09-23 05:45:57 UTC https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125917313 https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125917334 In Japan they were studying mosquitos and realised that you never feel a mosquito bite, so they decided to create a needle that uses the same principal as a mosquitos mouth. They tested their needle and the patients couldn't even feel the needle.]]> 2016-09-23 05:46:10 UTC https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125917334 https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125917347 2016-09-23 05:46:22 UTC https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125917347 https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125917407 Velcro:
A Swiss engineer called George de Mestrall was walking his dog, when it got pricked by a burdock. He then put it under a microscope and found out that they had miniature hooks that attach to fur. Then he put it into shoes and other items as velcro.]]> 2016-09-23 05:47:20 UTC https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125917407 https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125917470 The only pigment of the feather is brown. Why is this? This is because when light reflects back, it creates the colour blue, green etc. Now, there is an e-reader display screen that uses the same idea. It’s made by Qualcomm. Qualcomm is a wireless technology.]]> 2016-09-23 05:48:26 UTC https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125917470 https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125917493 The dragon bridge in Vietnam is a bridge inspired by a Chinese Historical Dragon. The bridge itself is a plain bridge but through the middle of the bridge there is a bright light dragon (either blue, gold or jade) that blows real fire through the mouth every weekend at 9pm. It was created through Chinese Mythology]]> 2016-09-23 05:48:44 UTC https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125917493 aharidas https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125917501 An edge of the needle of the mosquito is jagged so a person cannot feel the needle penetrating their skin, so scientists have found that out and now are using the same shape for metal needles that are used for things like a blood test. They are inserted into the skin without giving the patient a lot of discomfort, thanks to the mosquitos.]]> 2016-09-23 05:48:51 UTC https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125917501 https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125917502 The bones of a woodpeckers beak are as hard as nail but also foam like. Then there was an idea create Shock absorbers.]]> 2016-09-23 05:48:51 UTC https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125917502 https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125917524 We might think of termites as building destroyers but actually their builders as well.  Well in Zimbabwe a company created a building based around a termites nest. ]]> 2016-09-23 05:49:20 UTC https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125917524 https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125917555 Armadillo inspired cycles pangolin  ]]> 2016-09-23 05:50:05 UTC https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125917555 https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125917566
The  training shoes with toe holes are made for really good grip. The people who made them got some ideas from a gecko

]]> 2016-09-23 05:50:25 UTC https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125917566 https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125917569 2016-09-23 05:50:38 UTC https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125917569 https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125917599 Nature has always  influenced architetcets and designersthis house was influenced by a snail.]]> 2016-09-23 05:51:11 UTC https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125917599 https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125917605 The Lotus flower stays dirt-free and is an obvious advantage to their climate which is especially muddy, like other flowers the lotus is made up of soluble lipids embedded in polyester matrix. soluble lipids embedded in a polyester matrix ]]> 2016-09-23 05:51:17 UTC https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125917605 https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125917617 Japanese companies have  operated bullet trains since 1964.  It is inspired by the kingfisher bird and the nose of the train is like the king fishers nose , making it flow out of tunnels without a big noise. It typically goes up to 320 km/hr.

]]> 2016-09-23 05:51:31 UTC https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125917617 https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125917638 They designed a needle based on a mosquito's bite. They have several different parts of their mouth which work into the skin creating minimum amount of pain.]]> 2016-09-23 05:51:48 UTC https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125917638 https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125917666
The battering ram was made in the design of a sheep's head because their head has lots of power in the goats horns is very dangerous so they were inspired to smash down walls and things with it.


]]> 2016-09-23 05:52:19 UTC https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125917666 https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125917823 armadillo inspired a cycles
pangolin backpack
  ]]> 2016-09-23 05:55:16 UTC https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125917823 https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125917853 The swim suit have been influenced by the shark skin as it has the same technology as the shark, therefore it allows you to swim faster.  Fun Fact: Olympic swimmers have used this technology and have been winning countless gold medals. As expected they were banned from the Olympics.

]]> 2016-09-23 05:55:52 UTC https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125917853 https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125917864 2016-09-23 05:56:09 UTC https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125917864 https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125917867 This magnificent bird the Falcon has inspired the ]]> 2016-09-23 05:56:11 UTC https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125917867 https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125917994 2016-09-23 05:58:20 UTC https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125917994 https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125918000 Velcro
which is probably the most famous example of biomimicry, was invented in 1941 by Swiss engineer George de Mestral. Mestral first got the idea for this new material from the burrs that were often stuck to his dog’s hair. When he placed the burrs under a microscope he noticed tiny hooks at the end of each spine. These miniature hooks easily caught on to anything shaped like a loop like animal fur, clothing, or hair

]]> 2016-09-23 05:58:30 UTC https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125918000 https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125918132 Burs influenced velcro,
Burs seemed to stick to dogs fur and you would have to pull it off with influenced velcro. One day somebody saw all the burs on his bulldogs body and thought what if we could use burs to help kids were their shoes so they won't have to tie shoe laces, so thats the biomimicry that influenced velcro.

]]> 2016-09-23 06:00:49 UTC https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125918132 pchetwode https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125952323 Tsunami waves dozens of feet high when they reach shore may only be tens of centimetres high as they travel through the deep ocean. In order to reliably detect them and warn people before they reach land, sensitive pressure sensors must be located underneath passing waves in waters as deep as 6000 meters.
-Persia]]> 2016-09-23 09:46:03 UTC https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/125952323 https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/126187118 The train shoes with the toe holes is biomimicry because they got the idea from the gecko. The gecko has very good grip in its feet. The Train shoes have very good grip because they used an idea from nature.   ]]> 2016-09-25 00:57:22 UTC https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/126187118 https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/126187119 The train shoes with the toe holes is biomicry ]]> 2016-09-25 00:57:22 UTC https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/126187119 https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/126275601 Geckos toes were made to touch surfaces like glass without leaving a mark, this was made for packaging so the items wouldn't have fingerprints on glass objects]]> 2016-09-26 07:05:46 UTC https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/126275601 mwalls2 https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/126332186 A team of British scientists needed to build a robot to go into the sea to test the pollution levels, then they realised that the perfect robot would be a fish. So they designed a, wi-fi connected, life-like robotic fish equipped with chemical sensors that can located the sources of hazardous pollutants in the water.]]> 2016-09-26 12:15:36 UTC https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/126332186 mwalls2 https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/126335351 2016-09-26 12:27:09 UTC https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/126335351 https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/127436667

the whales fins help them move through the water. Humans thought about wind turbines and remodled Them so they move quiker. Biomimetics or biomimicry is the imitation of the models, systems, and elements of nature for the purpose of solving complex human problems.



]]> 2016-09-30 04:08:13 UTC https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/127436667 https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/127437382 2016-09-30 04:20:27 UTC https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/127437382 https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/127442972 The mosquito Needle where it sucks the blood made us build a needle that does not hurt]]> 2016-09-30 06:09:59 UTC https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/127442972 https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/127443190 2016-09-30 06:12:22 UTC https://padlet.com/simoncwood/cppoee36jtk7/wish/127443190