To answer that question in one simple sentence, “Biomimicry is the Future!” Biomicry is a science that studies the sustainable models, processes and systems of mother nature to get inspiration for sustainable solutions of our own technological problems. A simple but very powerfull idea that changes the way we think about many other fields of science and engineering.
The term itself has been made popular by Janine M.Benuous in her book “Biomimicry:Innovation Inspired by Nature” and it comes from greek words “bios=life” and “mimesis=imitate”.
Some good examples of the biomimicry can be found in this slideshow from TreeHugger.com Click to start the slideshow in new window
You can also find out more about Biomimicry by visiting “The Biomimicry Institute” website here
or by watching this fantastic lecture of Janine on the TED conference
