8 Useful Technologies Inspired by Nature

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We're pretty good at inventing things, but stealing from nature is a great way to solve some problems! Hosted by: Michael Aranda ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters—we couldn't make SciShow without them! Shout out to Kevin Bealer, Mark Terrio-Cameron, KatieMarie Magnone, Patrick Merrithew, Charles Southerland, Fatima Iqbal, Benny, Kyle Anderson, Tim Curwick, Scott Satovsky Jr, Philippe von Bergen, Bella Nash, Bryce Daifuku, Chris Peters, Patrick D. Ashmore, Charles George, Bader AlGhamdi ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: Mosquito Needle www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/06/07/480653821/watch-mosquitoes-use-6-needles-to-suck-your-blood www.newscientist.com/article/mg20928044-900-mosquito-needle-helps-take-sting-out-of-injections/ Waterproof Glue www.popsci.com/article/science/mussels-inspire-glue-works-underwater sciencenordic.com/synthetic-mussel-adhesive-sticks-anything Cleaner Surfaces www.nytimes.com/1993/02/15/us/sharks-may-yield-a-potent-weapon-against-infection.html www.medicaldaily.com/shark-skin-wallpaper-highly-effective-preventing-mrsa-superbug-growth-hospital-surfaces-303690 www.livescience.com/47870-shark-skin-hospital-superbugs.html ocean.si.edu/ocean-photos/biomimicry-shark-denticles Turbine Blades www.technologyreview.com/s/409710/whale-inspired-wind-turbines/ www.theguardian.com/science/2008/jun/24/animalbehaviour.usa\ Turbine Placement inhabitat.com/john-dabiri-uses-biomimicry-to-design-cheaper-and-more-efficient-wind-farms/ dabirilab.com/ Green Concrete oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/coralmadeof.html blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/05/09/emissions-from-the-cement-industry/ www.wired.com/2015/09/think-like-tree-new-kind-eco-friendly-concrete-inspired-coral/ www.technologyreview.com/s/535646/what-happened-to-green-concrete/ www.worldwatch.org/node/5996 Vaccines www.bbc.com/future/story/20121120-jab-hope-for-resurrection-trick Velcro www.livescience.com/34572-velcro.html content.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1996883,00.html lemelson.mit.edu/resources/george-de-mestral nymag.com/vindicated/2016/11/an-idea-that-stuck-how-george-de-mestral-invented-velcro.html Images: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Anopheles_albimanus_mosquito.jpg commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CornishMussels.JPG commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mussels_on_rock.JPG commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Levodopa_3D_ball.png commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Denticules_cutan%C3%A9s_du_requin_citron_Negaprion_brevirostris_vus_au_microscope_%C3%A9lectronique_%C3%A0_balayage.jpg www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2014-09/bc-ssh091514.php commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Humpback_Whales_-_South_Bank.jpg commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Humpback_whale_bubble_net_feeding_Christin_Khan_NOAA.jpg commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Humpback_Whales_-_Flickr_-_Christopher.Michel_(53).jpg en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wind_turbine_farm,_Sault_Ste_Marie,_Ontario,_Canada.jpg commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:E-112_Egeln_feb2005.jpg commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:20131002_xl_wiki_5203.JPG commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vertical-axis_Wind_Turbines_and_Solar_Panels,_2911_Dorr_Road,_Genoa_Township,_Michigan_-_panoramio.jpg commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coral_Outcrop_Flynn_Reef.jpg commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Montastrea_cavernosa.jpg commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Buffalo_City_Court_Building,_1971-74,_Pfohl,_Roberts_and_Biggie_(8448022295).jpg commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SEM_image_of_Milnesium_tardigradum_in_active_state_-_journal.pone.0045682.g001-2.png commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GilfKebirJerichoRoses.jpg commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Saccharomyces_cerevisiae_SEM.jpg commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Trehalose-from-xtal-2008-CM-3D-balls.png commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Villtakjas_2008.jpg commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Burdock_in_Scanning_Electron_Microscope,_magnification_40x.GIF commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Velcro_-_SEM_MUSE.tif

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