Title: The shark's paintbrush : biomimicry and how nature is inspiring innovation /
Authors: Harman, Jay.
Publisher: White Cloud Press,
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biomimicry.; Bionics
Abstract: An introduction to the scientific practice through which natural models are inspiring innovative solutions to pressing industrial challenges examines such examples as wind turbines based on whale fins and cockroach-emulating prosthetic limbs.
Contents: Introduction : The nature of innovation -- A new golden age -- The next industrial revolution -- Going with the flow -- Catching the worldwide wave -- Biomimicry at work -- Secrets from the sea -- Scales and feathers -- The bee's knees -- Spores and seeds -- Wampum -- The nature of change -- The corporate jungle -- Dollar signs -- Reorganizing (your) business -- Epilogue.