While inventors have been looking toward nature as inspiration for centuries, this science is just starting to come into it’s own and was recently given a name… Biomimicry! Join Danni Washington as we visit all the new places where this science is taking hold, from schools to zoos, to national conventions like the USA Science and Engineering Festival in Washington D.C.!
Up Next in Season 1
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S1 Ep 9 - Sharks
To many people the thought of sharks can be scary but they’re actually a huge help to our oceans… and have inspired some awesome tech! Danni Washington will take the plunge and swim with sharks, relaying how their skin is being used to fight germs and their senses can help build better robots! ...
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S1 Ep 10 - Copying Nature's Communica...
Animals in nature have other ways of communicating than you or I do and many of them are able to move collectively in packs called “swarms”. Host Danni Washington takes a look at how today’s scientists are studying this swarm behavior to make better robots that will help in our factories, to col...
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S1 Ep 11 - Muscle of Mimicry
Some of the world’s strongest materials are naturally made like the silk spiders use to make their webs which, pound for pound, is actually 5 times stronger than steel. In this episode, Danni Washington will look into how we’re looking toward nature to make our other things stronger… like glass, ...
