One of the first instances of bio-inspiration was Velcro influenced by the sticky burrs of the burdock plant. In this episode, host Danni Washington takes a fascinating and fun look at Velcro and other ways inventors have “stuck” with nature including robots that can scale walls or pick-up any object thanks to bugs and chameleons, suction cups inspired by one sucky fish, and an innovation based on the holy-grail of all adhesively-inclined animalsà the gecko!
One of the first instances of bio-inspiration was Velcro influenced by the sticky burrs of the burdock plant. In this episode, host Danni Washington takes a fascinating and fun look at Velcro and other ways inventors have “stuck” with nature including robots that can scale walls or pick-up any object thanks to bugs and chameleons, suction cups inspired by one sucky fish, and an innovation based on the holy-grail of all adhesively-inclined animalsà the gecko!
General Note
Originally released by Rotfeld Productions, 2016.
Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on April 06, 2018.
Content Note
Adhesives in Nature (5:31); --Friday Harbor Labs (4:35); -- Adhesive Properties of Geckos (3:50); -- Geckskin (5:36); -- Biomimicry and the Future (1:54); .
