To develop innovative technical solutions, designers seek inspiration from nature and its
almost infinite pool of biological solutions. However, understanding biological solutions and …

Bio-inspired design–mentioning this term to anyone immediately draws attention. Most
people feel intrigued by the idea of bio-inspired design; looking at nature and its solutions to …

Biologicalisation calls for the integration of biological knowledge in manufacturing. Although
biologists have been cataloguing biological knowledge for centuries, for the non-biologist …

Biologicalisation calls for the integration of biological knowledge in manufacturing. Although
biologists have been cataloguing biological knowledge for centuries, for the non-biologist …

In technical product development, engineers address technical problems by develo**
innovative solutions. An approach to develop ideas with a high potential for technical …

Biomimetic design stimulates the creative idea generation within product development by
searching nature's enormous database of fine tuned solutions. The challenge for the …

Nowadays, bio-inspiration has enhanced the creation of sustainable and innovative
solutions to modern engineering problems. Nature is a great source for multi-functional and …

When searching for innovative solutions in technical product development, engineers
increasingly search for analogies in other disciplines. Biology provides a large reservoir of …

Designers can obtain bio-inspiration by observing nature and it's behavior, by reading
biology books, by analyzing lists containing biological principles or by surfing on biological …