Category Biomimicry

In 1996, Dieter Gürtler and his colleagues from the Mercedes Technology Center in Sindelfingen, Germany, were looking for...

The bumpy surface of a lotus leaf (computer graphic close up view below-left) acts as a self-cleaning mechanism...

BioPower has created a wave power system called bioWAVETM. Each unit is mounted on the seafloor. A pivot...

In a worst-case scenario world where the earth is so flooded, there’s little land left for human civilization,...

It’s got eight legs, antennae and a protective shell, but this is no ordinary lobster. For one, it...

Robotic cars may someday make traffic automatic – but it’s important for commuters to retain the ability to...

For millions of years, whales have propelled themselves through heavy water despite their bulk and weight – thanks...

A collaborative scientific effort has tested pollution-detecting robotic fish off the coast of Spain. The Shoal project, which...

The Thorny Devil, a desert lizard, gathers all the water it needs directly from rain, standing water, or...