Biomimicry
Published on Nov 19, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Design Evaluation (in the textbook)
- Efficiency & Effectiveness
- Function & Design
- Environmental load
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Biomimicry Principles
solar powered, self cleaning, form fits function, recycles everything, rewards cooperation, local expertise, diverse and curbs excess
Photo by Jason A. Samfield
What if a motorcycle was more like a horse?
Runs on
Recent sunlight
Quieter
Fuel at home
Footprint smaller
Ebikes are here, but not solar powered
Hydro or wind may work
Diversify the grid and make it more resilient
Fuel at home
Footprint smaller
Ebikes are here, but not solar powered
Hydro or wind may work
Diversify the grid and make it more resilient
Self Cleaning
Cleaning a bike is a pain.
Form fits Function
Muscles respond to use
Older horses learn and have training
Are less reactive
Can return you home ... some
Older horses learn and have training
Are less reactive
Can return you home ... some
Recycles
Everything
A horse wasn’t always a horse.
Manure feeds the next gen of food
Horse becomes food
Manure feeds the next gen of food
Horse becomes food
Demands
local expertise
Plains critter
Adapted to open plains, but will change coat seasonally.
Breeds to handle specific chores - work horses are much larger and can go all day, quarter horses - for a quarter mile race, thoroughbreds for racing, ponies for being obnoxious
Adapted to open plains, but will change coat seasonally.
Breeds to handle specific chores - work horses are much larger and can go all day, quarter horses - for a quarter mile race, thoroughbreds for racing, ponies for being obnoxious
Depends on
diversity
Further generations depend on genetic diversity.
Curbs Excess
A horse will store excess, but that is used in the winter.
It goes as fast as it needed to escape the fastest predator.
Pronghorn can travel much faster than anything else. Must have co-evolved with a fast prairie predator that no longer exists.
It goes as fast as it needed to escape the fastest predator.
Pronghorn can travel much faster than anything else. Must have co-evolved with a fast prairie predator that no longer exists.
The Motorcycle would
- heal, mate, learn
- older motorcycles $$$$
- flexible and adapt
- make you a better person
- little, if any, pollution
- quiet
- Re use everything
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North America
was perfect for the canoe - and visa versa
Eons of trial and error has produced a craft we can't improve on
Baidarka
The Canoe
- self cleaning, recyclable (at one time), rewarded cooperation, diverse, curbed excess
- focus on local expertise & form fitting function
Features: Line, Flare, Freeboard,
Covered, Open
Deck, Tumblehome, Rocker, Length, Mass, gunwhale,
Explore how each effect performance of the craft.
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fit form to function
What were these boats used for and where were they used?
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To Do
- Pick one & Sketch it
- Create a list of observations
- Find someone working on the same boat.
- Discuss inferences based on observations .... conclude
- Why and Where?
Photo by Robert S. Donovan
