Biomimetics: Learning from Nature

Arguably, many of the problems that an engineer wants to solve now and in the near future may already have been solved by nature, although in a different context.

It is thought that living organisms have been on planet Earth for approximately 3.8 billion years. This represents nearly 4 billion years of evolution, where nature not only has been hosting life in a sustainable, yet dynamic manner, but often using minimum resources to attain maximum performance.

From ancient days, the wonders of nature…