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Nature as Mentor
Biological science writer Janine Benyus defines biomimicry as the "conscious emulation of life's genius." Resourceful and imaginative by necessity, nature is
the consummate engineerhaving already provided elegant, economical solutions to many of the problems we contend with today. Animals, plants, and microbes alone, and in concert with one anotherhave determined what works, what is appropriate, and what will withstand the test of time. We needn't look far to
see some of our technological advances mirrored inand in most cases, outdone bynature, whether it's t architectural beams in bamboo stems or t central
heating and cooling in the termite tower's steady 86 degrees. Even man's greatest invention, t the wheel, can be found in the tiny rotary motor that propels bacteria.
While industry leaders are beginning to mine nature for innovations in arenas
as diverse as material science, manufacturing, technology, product......
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