A short but powerful animated story about using design to create sustainable wealth.
Deutsche Juniorakademie - Biomimetics
The only English language science academy in Germany.
Sunday, 24 March 2013
Monday, 27 August 2012
Congratulations on a very successful Academy.
Saturday, 18 August 2012
DJA Biomimetics at Schloss Loburg, Ostbevern 2012
Wecome to the student-delegates, Biomimetics 2012 |
Marvin
Fritz
Noel
Sophie
Josie
Lea
J-D
Fabian
Ariana
Matthius
Moritz
Johanna
Allasandra
Paula
Lisa
Lara
Florian
Gero
Course-Leaders:
Romilly Keen (UK, Biomimetics)
Nick Dey (UK, Biomimetics)
Nadja (Germany, Academy Leader)
David (Germany, Sports & Activities)
Marie (Germany, Music)
Our final Biomimetics team photo. photo: Peter Henley-Smith |
Biomimetic 2012 Chronology
Day 1: Arrivals, Welcome and a few 'get-to-know-you' games, dinner, good night - don't forget the early jog-&-swim! Thursday, 2nd August, 2012
Day 2: Student-delegate presentations (in order as above) from the pre-course forum...
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Bio-imitation, biomimetics, Bionik: what is it and how does it
work? = Noel
• Bionik design through history = Marvin
• Top Down Design – what is it and how does it work? = Fritz
• Bottom Up Design – what is it and how does it work? = Gero
• Evolution and Bionik design
• Bionik design through history = Marvin
• Top Down Design – what is it and how does it work? = Fritz
• Bottom Up Design – what is it and how does it work? = Gero
• Evolution and Bionik design
• Stability in construction – how a water lily inspired the world. = Jan-David
• Lightweight structure: from bones to building. = Moritz
• Build upwards: from grass to the skies!
• Clever construction: climate and energy tricks from Nature. = Lea
• Soaking up the sun: photosynthesis and a butterfly’s flight.
• Simple surfaces: soap bubble to honeycombs.
• Folding and unfolding: from nature to new techniques.
• The Lotus effect: what principle is this and how/where is it used today? = Sophie
• The Gecko’s Foot: what principle is this and how/where is it used today? Josefine
• Velcro: inspired by what? Developed how? Used why, where and when?
• Natures textiles: keeping cool on the run.
• Swimming through the sand: bio-inspiration from the Sahara. = Alessandra
• From a rat’s tooth to a self-sharpening blade. = Florian
• From Shark skin to swimsuit = Ariane
• Whale fins to rotor blades.
• How have penguins inspired Biomimetic engineers? = Paula
• The bionic car: inspired by the boxfish (kofferfisch) = Johanna
• Flight: seed dispersal and the parachute
• Flight: winglets, turbulence and the Albatross = Matthias
• Flying silently: inspired by the owl.
• The ‘Bionik’ Robot
• Muscle contraction and bio-inspiration
• Walking on other planets: from insect to explorer
• OLE: Offroad-LoschEinheit
• Communication from nature
• Spider silk: strong, elastic and sticky! = Lisa
• Algorithms from nature – what can we learn from Ant and how can we describe (and predict) their behaviour.
• Optics from nature
• From bats to automatic car parking – ultrasound from nature = Fabian
• Swarm behaviour in nature – what can we take from this?
• Bionik from Medicine: prosthetics – basic to myoelectrical stimulation
• Bionik from Medicine: photoreceptors in nature and how this is inspiring optical implants. Seeing again!
• Bionik from Medicine:: Chochlea Implants – hearing again.
• Bioniks from the sea-gherkin – please explain this to me!
• The Axolotl: seaweed glue & worm glue? = Lara
Day 3 & 4: Egg-bert the Egg-celent Egg-stronaut: a Top-Down-Design Biomimetic Challenge.
Day 5: A Bottom-up-Design Challenge: Folding in Nature... take a leaf out of Romilly's book!
Day 6: A Biomimetic challenge: top-down or bottom-up? Research: construction in nature then meet the challenge, 'Who can span the greatest distance?'
Day 7: Rotation Morning - teach and learn Biomimetics, Nanotechnology and Symmetry in Nature. Afternoon, a trip to Münster.
Day 8: Construction in the Wildnerness - A fully sustainable biomimetic shelter. Aim: to cover with the results of folding in nature.
Day 9: Planning, design and preparation for the Final Presentation.
Day 10: Preparation for the Final Presentation + orchestra and choir rehersals
Day 11: The Final Presentations and Farewells ... you were fantastic and will be missed. Part 1 & Part 2 available here (YouTube)
Project management: flexible, fun, feasible!
photo:N.K.Dey |
Please post your feedback, questions, thoughts, memories, wishes in the comments section below.
Thanks, Nick
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Friday, 17 August 2012
The Final Presentation Film - part 1 & 2
Part 1 (10:04 minutes long): http://youtu.be/i525kyT-MVE
Part 2 (04:52 minutes long): http://youtu.be/8vNRtZYMg1s
Many thanks for your patience, and always remember ...
Our final blackboard (well, green board...)
The team poses at the end of the final presentation - a fantastic group of people.
Thursday, 16 August 2012
The Final Presentation: Biomimetics 2012
Please tell me if there is a problem with the sound - YouTube was playing up a little!
YouTube Link: http://youtu.be/i525kyT-MVE
Please tell me if there is a problem with the sound - YouTube was playing up a little!
YouTube Link: http://youtu.be/i525kyT-MVE
Wednesday, 15 August 2012
A few photographs while you wait...
Team Biomimetics - Bottom-up architecture project
DJA Ostbevern: Biomimetics, Symmetry in Nature, Nanotechnology, Schloss Loburg, August 2012
A wonderful evening with all the students & Course-Leaders
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