DailyDirt: More Nature-Inspired Materials

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Lots of cool materials have been inspired by biological materials -- like velcro and surfaces with lotus leaf-like structures. Nature has had a headstart of a few hundred million years to create some useful materials, so it's a great (and open) source of inspiration for new human-made materials that might further improve upon the stuff we already have. Here are just a few more examples of biomimicry that could be everywhere in the near future. After you've finished checking out those links, take a look at our Daily Deals for cool gadgets and other awesome stuff.
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Filed Under: 3d printing, anti-counterfeiting, beetle, biomimicry, bulletproof, colloidal photonic crystals, ink, materials, scale armor, spicules, tmesisternus isabellae


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    Anonymous Coward, 15 Apr 2015 @ 6:57pm

    Good thing nature doesn't patent everything......

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