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September 14, 2004
Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature
| Title | Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature |  |
| Author | Janine M. Benyus | |
| Publisher | William Morrow and Company, New York | |
| Date | ||
| ISBN | 0 688 16099 9 | |
| Reviewed by | Jane Szita | |
| Velcro, an invention based on the grappling hooks of seeds, is an example of Biomimicry: the adaptation of nature’s designs and processes to solve human problems. Biomimicry uses an ecological standard to judge the ‘rightness’ of innovations, and provides a new way of viewing nature: instead of thinking in terms of what we can extract from the natural world, it teaches us to think in terms of what we can learn from it. From medicines discovered by the Navajo’s observation of bears to business concepts such as non-competitive ‘design for disassembly’ being tried out in Japan, this book catalogues a number of biomimicry approaches in energy, food, manufacture, computing, medicine and business. | ||
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Posted by Books Editor at September 14, 2004 09:33 PM