BIONIS

Biomimetics: Design inspired by nature

Biomimetics (design inspired by nature) is an enabling discipline which looks towards nature for ideas that may be adapted and adopted for solving problems: 

  ‘Inspiration rather than imitation'

The burr on a dog's fur was the inspiration for Velcro!

Events:

• Social Biomimicry: Insect Societies and Human Design
  18–20 February 2010, Tempe Campus, Arizona, USA

• Fifth International Conference on Comparing Design in Nature with
  Science and Engineering
  28-30 June 2010, Pisa, Italy

• GEM'10 The 2010 International Conference on Genetic and Evolutionary Methods
  July 12-15 July 2010, Las Vegas, USA

• International Industrial Convention on Biomimetics
  16-17 March 2011, Berlin, Germany

Current Issues:

• Shrimp's eye points way to better DVDs

• Rotorcraft mimics maple seed design

• Nanoscale replication of butterfly wings

• Cockroach-inspired robots, cheetah-bots.....

• TU Müenchen develops steel ‘Velcro’

• Nissan develops collision-free robot inspired by fish

• Bionic Eye

• Ten Inspirational And Creative Bionic Designs

• Supersticky robots to follow in geckos' footsteps

• Sperm-like nanopropeller is smallest swimmer ever

• Bats and Bees Give Micro-UAVs Street Cred

Successful Biomimetics – BIONIS 2007

The BIONIS 2007 Conference took place on Thursday 20th Sep 2007, at the Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution, Bath, UK. During the conference Lars Uno Larsson, chairman of Swedish Biomimetics 3000® and sponsor of the First BIONIS Award presented the award to the winner, Doctor Carlo Menon of Simon Fraser University, Vancouver. The ceremony was followed by the Prize Winner’s lecture. The conference proceedings are on the members page, together with a summary of Dr Menon's lecture.