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Online Tools and Resources
- Biomimicry, by Janine Benyus (the book that started the modern biomimicry movement)
- Nature Inspired Design, by Erik Templeman, Bram van der Grinten, Ernst-Jan Mul, Ingrid de Pauw (a practical guide)
- The Way Nature Works, edited by Robin Rees (one of many nature picture-books that are good for finding ideas)
- Cats’ Paws and Catapults, by Steven Vogel (an excellent source of mechanical engineering-related biomimicry)
- On Growth and Form, by D’arcy Thompson (both a giant tome of scientific theory and a good sourcebook of images)
- Out of Control, by Kevin Kelly (an inspiring book of systems design theory)
- Life in Moving Fluids, by Steven Vogel (a biomimetic fluid dynamics textbook)
- Structural Biomaterials, by Julian Vincent (a materials science analysis of natural materials)
- Biomimicry for Optimization, Control and Automation, by Kevin Passino (a computer science textbook on genetic algorithms, neural networks, etc.)
- Zygote Quarterly, by many authors (a magazine of bio-inspired case studies and interviews)
References
- The Biomimicry Institute
- Online primer
- Guide to biomimicry
- A few principles of biomimicry
- Biomimicry in Design
- Biomimicry and Design Thinking
Additional Reading
- Biomimicry
- The Way Nature Works, edited by Robin Rees
- TED Talk: Biomimicry in action,
- Biomimicry for Optimization, Control and Automation, by Kevin Passino