Technology in Time: Biomimicry

By thiennguyen
  • Mar 26, 1488

    Flying Machine

    Leonardo Da Vinci studies birds to design a flying machine.

  • Wright Brother's Airplane

    Pigeon observation lead to the first flying machine.

  • First Shinkansen Train

    The first Shinkansen railways and trains were made and run in Japan.

  • Otto Schmitt coins "Biomimicry"

    "The transfer of ideas and analogues from biology to technology."

  • Biomimicry Becomes a Science

    Janine Benyus' "Biomimicry: Innoavtion Inspired by Design" takes biomimicry to a science.

  • Biomimicry Guild

    A company founded on biomimicry that consults architecture firms, design studios, and other manufacturers.

  • The Lotus Effect

    By studying the lotus flower, paint and other materials were made with small bumps like the lotus to stay clean.

  • The Biomimicry Institute

    The world's first biomimicry institute was founded in 2005 by Janine Benyus.

  • Biomimicry Guild Alliance with global achitecture firm HOK

    This alliance made way for the expansion of mainstream bio-inspired designs.

  • DSSC or dye-sensitized solar cell

    Professor Michael Graetzel from the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne applied leaves' ability to capture sunlight during photosynthesis in solar cells.

  • "Artificial Life"

    Craig Venter and his team successfully transfer a genome into another organism.

  • Gecko Tape

    The ability to have have super sticky feet while being able to walk normally inspired scientists to create reapplyable tape.

  • Velcro

    George De Mestral invents the "Hook and Loop" fastener, Velcro.