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Metamorphosis : how insects are changing our world
\"An accessible, beautifully illustrated celebration of insects, and their extraordinary contributions to humankind\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Biomimicry in Architecture: A Review of Definitions, Case Studies, and Design Methods
Biomimicry, as a field of science, is mainly defined as a solution for design problems inspired by natural models, systems, and elements. For the built environment, using nature as a guide can enhance sustainability or even go beyond that and generate a regenerative approach. This is important in the building sector to evolve towards a sustainable and circular economy and reduce CO2 emissions in terms of energy-use. While several biomimicry-related keywords exist, scholars and practitioners in architecture have given varying interpretations to the term biomimicry depending on the use and goal. There has been increasing interest in biomimicry in architecture (BIA), yet the field has become more fragmented. This study aims to highlight differences and similarities through an extended literature survey and analysis that explores case studies, classification systems, and methodological frameworks related to biomimicry in architecture as a way to contribute to reduce the fragmentation in the field. To provide the necessary context and avoid confusion regarding the many concepts and terms that refer to nature-based design, biomimicry-related keywords and interpretations of the word biomimicry are first clarified. Ultimately, the discussion is an integrative effort at defining the field, and highlights the significance and impact of employing BIA in terms of sustainability and usability, as well as showcasing the opportunities for further research.
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Bio-inspired structures and design
\"Master simple to advanced biomaterials and structures with this essential text. Featuring topics ranging from bionanoengineered materials to bioinspired structures for spacecraft and bio-inspired robots, and covering issues such as motility, sensing, control and morphology, this highly illustrated text walks the reader through key scientific and practical engineering principles, discussing properties, applications and design. Presenting case studies for the design of materials and structures at the nano, micro, meso and macro-scales, and written by some of the leading experts on the subject, this is the ideal introduction to this emerging field for students in engineering and science as well as researchers\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Reviewing biomimicry design case studies as a solution to sustainable design
There have been many studies on bio-inspired research, where biomimicry capabilities facilitating sustainable designs are in dearth. For a sustainable design, it is necessary to consider water efficiency, zero waste, thermal environment, and energy supply. This paper investigates how biomimicry is adopted in the sustainable design of buildings. A thorough content analysis of eight case studies focused on the built environment and how biomimicry integrated with the design of a building was executed. The selection of cases study was based on the concept of biomimicry by taking inspiration from nature and applying them in the everyday built environment. Thus, the building designs are more ecologically sustainable than conventional ones, where biomimicry approaches and principles are adopted. The findings suggest that the design of a building can inspire society with new ecological morals, where understanding of biological morphogenesis can inspire design to resolve challenges and essentially help create a healthy environment. Biomimicry harnesses and replicates the principles found in nature to create a built environment that benefits people and other living creatures and safeguards biodiversity. Thus, adopting biomimicry in designing a building will help to develop a culture of active environmental design.
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Bioinspired devices : emulating nature's assembly and repair process
A goal of clinicians is to restore the body and brain function of an individual who has suffered injury and loses capabilities such as walking, using the hands, speaking, remembering, and planning ahead. There is great optimism within the clinical community that we may be able to use scientific principles and new technologies to restore lost function in these individuals. A goal of this book is to integrate advances in neuroscience, integrative biology, biomechanics, developmental science, computer science, and engineering to bring us closer to the vision of devices that harness neuroplasticity for restoring lost function. The book presents a bio-inspired approach to developing such devices. A bio-inspired device is a system whose design and manufacture are based upon the principles by which living systems build. The sources of inspiration for this new generation of devices include how cells form functional systems and organs, how systems maintain stability despite a constant turnover of materials, how system components may participate in different functions, and how biological systems evolve, develop, and learn.-- Provided by publisher
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Creatures of Their Own Making: Niche Co-Construction in the Divine Sustaining
From biology to anthropology, Niche Construction Theory (NCT) offers a corrective to accounts that neglect or diminish the agency of organisms in evolutionary process. This article engages with key features of NCT to reenvision theological accounts of human work: that ecosystems are superconstructions of several organisms, that niche construction also involves destruction, and that ecological inheritance ought to be considered alongside genetic transmission. I also address concerns over the tendency of NCT to highlight the constructive ultimacy of humans during an ecological crisis. Drawing on modern Protestant theology, I situate creatures’ agency within a fuller account of God’s providence, re-embedding claims about divine–human concurrence within the divine sustaining. I therefore argue for a shift away from seeing humans as co-creators with God in order to better understand ourselves as niche co-constructors, alongside our neighboring species, in a manner that ensures life can go on.
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Aerodynamics, sensing and control of insect-scale flapping-wing flight
There are nearly a million known species of flying insects and 13 000 species of flying warm-blooded vertebrates, including mammals, birds and bats. While in flight, their wings not only move forward relative to the air, they also flap up and down, plunge and sweep, so that both lift and thrust can be generated and balanced, accommodate uncertain surrounding environment, with superior flight stability and dynamics with highly varied speeds and missions. As the size of a flyer is reduced, the wing-to-body mass ratio tends to decrease as well. Furthermore, these flyers use integrated system consisting of wings to generate aerodynamic forces, muscles to move the wings, and sensing and control systems to guide and manoeuvre. In this article, recent advances in insect-scale flapping-wing aerodynamics, flexible wing structures, unsteady flight environment, sensing, stability and control are reviewed with perspective offered. In particular, the special features of the low Reynolds number flyers associated with small sizes, thin and light structures, slow flight with comparable wind gust speeds, bioinspired fabrication of wing structures, neuron-based sensing and adaptive control are highlighted.
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Biomimicry : innovation inspired by nature
Introduces some of the men and women who are working in the field of biomimicry--a science that studies nature's models and then imitates them to solve human problems--and considers the implications of such studies for the future of mankind.
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Biomimetic principles and design of advanced engineering materials
This book explores the structure-property-process relationship of biomaterials from engineering and biomedical perspectives, and the potential of bio-inspired materials and their applications. A large variety of natural materials with outstanding physical and mechanical properties have appeared in the course of evolution. From a bio-inspired viewpoint, materials design requires a novel and highly cross disciplinary approach. Considerable benefits can be gained by providing an integrated approach using bio-inspiration with materials science and engineering.
The book is divided into three parts; Part One focuses on mechanical aspects, dealing with conventional material properties: strength, toughness, hardness, wear resistance, impact resistance, self-healing, adhesion, and adaptation and morphing. Part Two focuses on functional materials with unique capabilities, such as self-cleaning, stimuli-response, structural color, anti-reflective materials, catalytic materials for clean energy conversion and storage, and other related topics. Part Three describes how to mimic natural materials processes to synthesize materials with low cost, efficient and environmentally friendly approaches. For each chapter, the approach is to describe situations in nature first and then biomimetic materials, fulfilling the need for an interdisciplinary approach which overlaps both engineering and materials science.
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