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Download the Biomimicry summary paper (PDF 432KB)
The summary paper provides details on the Hot Topics event on Biomimicry.
Biomimicry is to use Nature with its 3.8 billion years of trial and error, as inspiration to find solutions to today's problems and creative processes. One famous example is Velcro - developed in the 1950's by Georges de Mestral who observed the sticking of burrs (seeds) from Burdock to his clothes and his dog.
Published
July 2012
Author
Carla Ross
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