These are a collection of resources (YouTube videos, journal and news articles, books, and online tools) for bio-inspired design that I’ve come across over the years. Some are just great inspiration for successful bio-inspired design, others are tools that can help you better implement your own bio-inspiration! A lot of these resources are also covered in my Bio-Inspired Engineering Design class (Texas A&M MEEN 440/689).
- “Airport Screening Machines Use Echolocation Like Bats Do” (2015) Charley Locke WIRED
- “Immortal jellyfish: How does this species skip steps in its life cycle?” (2019) Research @ Texas A&M
- “The Future of Innovation is Here: 8 Inventions from Nature’s Laboratory (2019) The Biomimicry Institute
- “Engineers Ask Nature For Design Advice” By Jim Robbins, The New York Times (2001)
- “Peacock spiders’ superblack spots reflect just 0.5 percent of light” By Carolyn Wilke, Science News (2019)
- “Chiton mollusk provides model for new armor design” by Lindsey Haugh, Virginia Tech (2019)
- “Bird feathers inspire research on structural colors” by Alex Knisely, University of Akron (2019)
- “Clingfish biology inspires better suction cup” design products & applications (2019)
- “Rock-munching sea urchins have self-sharpening teeth” by Eva Frederick Science (2019)
- “Angle-Sensing, Bio-Inspired Photodetectors” by Molly Moser, Optics & Photonics News (2018)
