Bionic Penguins Teach Us About Design

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Festo: Pneumatic and Electric Drive Technology Developers are coming up with some of the most inspiring design developments around. What really makes most of their work unique is that they specifically aren't reinventing the wheel. Instead they are using forms that exist in nature and have been "developed" already - through millennia of genetic variation.

If you are familiar with Total Immersion Swimming techniques, you know that the way to be a great swimmer is to be a fish (or at least try and move like one). It's a similar example of learning from nature's designs and a good reminder of where we need to go.

 

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Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Tom Jenkins This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
The penguins are amazing!