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Showing 1 to 20 of 44 for “"biomimicry"”.
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3D-PRINTED MICROFLUIDICS FOR BIOMIMICRY
… 3D printing and design strategies to perform biomimicry across various length scales? The focus of the thesis will be on 3D-printed microfluidics for systemic biomimicry at the microscale (i.e., vasculatures, organ-on-a-chip) and macroscale (i.e., soft robotics).
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The evolution of ideas in biomimicry
The aim of this paper is to perform a review of Biomimicry as a science today in environmental, engineering, and manufacturing fields, as well as to educate readers on the history of Biomimicry as a whole and how it is studied. As more evidence surfaces about the effect of our presence on the …
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Biomimicry of the spider silk spinning apparatus
<p>Spider silk is known for its extraordinary material properties, being both very strong and extensible. Even though the fibers outperform many synthetic and natural materials, it is impractical to collect industrial amounts of silk from spiders due to their cannibalistic and venomous nature; they …
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Nanopore systems for protein characterization and biomimicry
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2026-12-01
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In Life's Likeness: Biomimicry and the Imitation of Nature
This anthropological study of biomimicry examines how nature has been imagined and mobilized by American management consultants at the dawn of 21st century. Whereas culture has been invested with economic potential in “human-centered design,” consultants who name themselves “biomimics” valorize …
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Entheogen: Envisioning Sustainable Futures through Biomimicry and Parametric Design
… by generating biologically inspired sculptures. Biomimicry is a design process that derives aesthetic and functional inspiration from evolved forms found in nature. Biomimicry is geared towards sustainability because it mimics evolution's imperatives of ecological fit, material efficiency, and …
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A structural approach to reimagining community: biomimicry, biophilia and living labs
… rooted in the ecological worldview - especially Biomimicry, Biophilia and a Living Labs approach - are being created in silos but lack application at a systems level. The objective of this research is to bridge the disparate streams of these concepts into a community-based model, with the aim of …
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Leveraging Biomimicry and Additive Manufacturing to Improve Load Transfer in Brittle Materials
… of using cellular patterns which leverage biomimicry in civil engineering applications, since nature has perfectly engineered materials and patterns which carry loads with the least amount of material possible. Most of the periodic cellular work to date has focused on metallic materials, …
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De Novo Design and Stabilization of β-Sheet Peptides for Biomimicry of ORR Enzymes
… represents a significant step toward functional biomimicry of laccase.
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Light-Harvesting, Redox Control, and Biomimicry of the Photosynthetic Antennas of Green Sulfur Bacteria
The green sulfur bacteria (class Chlorobea) are obligately anaerobic photoautotrophic prokaryotes. Members of this bacterial class are found in anoxic, sulfur- or iron-rich environments such as hydrothermal vents and hot springs. These bacteria are champions of lowlight adaptation, with some …
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Biomimicry in Leadership: How Healthy Leaders Facilitate Healthy Organisational Ecosystems– Lessons from Keystone Species
… and carried out three expert case studies on biomimicry, homeostasis, and human wellbeing. Four promising connections were found between keystone mechanisms and sustainable leadership practices, which provide a starting point for a keystone-inspired framework: (1) relational infrastructure — …
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DNA-based Artificial Mimics of Cell-surface Machinery
… nanotechnology has emerged as a prime route for biomimicry given its yet unparalleled control over the structure and dynamic responses of synthetic nanostructures. Particularly promising in the context of bottom-up synthetic biology is the possibility of constructing bio-inspired DNA devices that …
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Biodiversity and Business: who will save whom?
… also provides resources for innovation thanks to biomimicry. Second, the thesis highlights how business can save biodiversity by accurately measuring and managing its impact on nature. Finally, the thesis explores the intersection of a nature-based and a positive-economy, and the necessary changes …
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Erf 217, Cape Town
… tools that derive architectural form using biomimicry, in the work of R & Sie. All these projects are based on a dialectic relationship between architecture and nature, where the particular model of nature is translated into form. This relationship in landscape architecture is discussed …
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Multi-objective topology optimization for trabecular bone-like structure: role of stability and surface area
… of our work, particularly in the realm of biomimicry.
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Toward functional magnetic applications for multi-material inkjet 3D printing
… ink in a multi-material context range from biomimicry (e.g. stimuli-responsive surfaces) to optics and aerodynamics.
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Symbiotic Design Practice: Designing with-in nature
… conscious way.<br/><br/>Using biophilia, biomimicry and resilience thinking as core eco-techniques, the research develops a series of teaching/learning practices that aim to enhance the embodiment of design with-in nature. This <i>Symbiotic Design</i> Practice process was developed, tested …
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The bioinspired design process : according to project complexity and motivation
… is referred to as bioinspired design or biomimicry. Prior art has focused on problem-driven and solution-based bioinspired process without reflection upon the nature of the engineering challenges to which the technique is being applied, or the motives for applying this design philosophy. …
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Roasting on Earth: A Rhetorical Analysis of Eco-Comedy
… Comedy becomes a kind of discursive biomimicry that mirrors, as a predator does a prey, the language of ARI. Since comedy is dependent on contradiction and juxtaposition, it becomes an adequate tool for calling the bluff on ARI agendas that are based on illogical claims that sound …
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