The shark's paintbrush : biomimicry and how nature is inspiring innovation / Jay Harman.

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.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Harman, Jay
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Ashland, Oregon : White Cloud Press, [2013]
Edition:First edition.
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Table of 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.