I'm a big fan of biologist Janine Benyus, co-founder of the Biomimicry Guild, an organization that helps companies and people examine how design and production could follow the time-tested formulas nature has already adapted. In a big win for the guild is news of HOK, one of the world's largest architectural firms, joining forces to become the premier bio-inspired innovation company.
We're talking buildings with paint inspired by plants - wonder why leaves never seem to get dirty? It's because the surface is textured in a way that prevents dirt from sticking. We're talking windows that change density to optimize heat. How about pipes inspired from seashells? They're made of the same calcium deposits clogging copper pipes yet they somehow control it. And all of this built from a revolutionary way of production - from the bottom up, molecule by molecule so there's no excess.
The future is now, for real!
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