The Year in Biomimicry: By Tom McKeag
Posted by davidwfox on 13 Jan 2010 at 08:32 pm | Tagged as: biomimicry
Tom McKeag teaches bio-inspired design at the California College of the Arts and UC Berkeley and closely tracks the burgeoning biomimicry industry. Here are his “Tommy” awards for the best and brightest biomimetic products/concepts from 2009:
It’s time to review last year’s bio-inspired products and services and pick my favorites, and, since this is my “sandbox,” I have decided to shamelessly name my awards the Tommies. …The impact of the linking of brilliant, logical theorizing with careful biological research and tenacious engineering development cannot be overstated…
Continued at http://greenerdesign.com/blog/2010/01/13/year-biomimicry-fins-humans-aquapenguin-and-robots-whiskers.
[...] studies of biomimicry, along with guest lectures and a series of design challenges, instructors Tom McKeag, Dr. Robert Full, and Dr. Lewis Feldman hope students will gain exposure to multiple methods for [...]