Glossary of Bioinspiration Final Updates
Glossary 1
In week one’s glossary I informed the class about a car that Mercedes has created that looks and functions like a boxfish. When writing about the car I spoke about the fact that this bioinspired product is a societal win. Although I still think that this product is a societal win, looking back I realized that the car displays biomimicry more than bioinspiration. It mimics the car visually and structurally.
Glossary 2
This week’s post I talked about the potential of creating an Iron-plated armor based on the structure of a sea snail. I would add a picuture of the sea-snail layers and in addition go more into details about the layers in the shell of the snail. I would include: layers were developed as a source of protection from attacks. The snails' outer layer acts as a "line of defense" and sacrifices itself by cracking slightly under pressure. The soft organic middle layer keeps changes shape due to pressure and keeps the brittle inner layer from feeling the pain, in addition to protecting it from environmental factors.
http://scienceblogs.com/notrocketscience/wp-content/blogs.dir/474/files/2012/04/i-a6f0e8f5ad69178f767c9faab5885a2e-Shell_design.jpg
Glossary 4
This glossary post consisted of a sensor that was inspired by an fly’s eye. I added a picture of a fly’s eye and also a picture of a sensor mimics the concept of the speed sensor. I would also add that this sensor could be seen as biomimicry because it visually looks like an eye of a fly.
http://images.sciencedaily.com/2012/10/121011141441-large.jpg
http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/files/2013/04/Fly-Eye-camera.jpg
Glossary 5
During week five I talked about Termites’ ability to digest and how it has inspired a source of fuel improvement. I would like to add the importance of this improvement. Using Protozoa would reduce the unwanted acetate and lactate byproducts and it would be more efficient in the production of fuel.
Glossary 6
In this week’s glossary I was able to learn about the Swarming Flying Robot. I would like to add that these robots are preprogramed by 3-D relative positioning sensors. I would also like to add professor Marianne’s fun fact that displayed these robots already being used in our society. She mentioned about these types of robots being used by Amazon to deliver products.
