Setex Technologies developed a series of innovative structural adhesive, gripping, and fastening products inspired by the gecko’s footpad
Geckskin® is a reversible adhesive technology that relies on the cumulative effect of many weak connections similar to the gecko’s footpad
uMist Technologies, by Faurecia, improves fuel efficiency through a controlled spray technology inspired by the bombardier beetle’s defense system
Dew Bank Bottle collects drinking water from fog inspired by the Namibian beetle
Jewel beetles inspired a low-cost and highly sensitive infrared sensor that monitors large forests and triggers an early warning in case of fire
Fog harp improved upon earlier mesh designs for collecting drinking water from fog
Cellulose Nanofibril Membranes achieve bright whiteness in materials only a few micrometers thick, inspired by Cyphochilus beetles
Brighter LED light bulbs are the result of internal microstructured surfaces of asymmetrical pyramids inspired by fireflies and cockroaches
Eastgate Centre is a building in Harare, Zimbabwe with an energy-saving passive cooling system inspired by termite mounds
Council House 2 is a building in Melbourne, Australia with an energy-saving passive cooling system by the same architect as Eastgate
Tarantula blue is a non iridescent photonic structure inspired by the hairs of the blue tarantula
ORNILUX is a UV reflective pattern applied to glass that make windows visible to birds while remaining virtually transparent to the human eye
Liquid-wire takes inspiration from the spider’s capture silk threads that remain taut after being stretched by spooling in water droplets along its length
Wearable sensors, inspired by the wandering spider’s movement-sensing organ, can detect music, recognize speech, and monitor heart rate
Spintex silk mimic takes its cues from spider spinnerets, producing silk-like threads at room temperature and generating only water as a by-product
Festo BionicWheelBot can walk or roll just like the cartwheeling spider that inspired it
Airbus “Bird of Prey” conceptual plane has the wing and tail structures of a bird of prey and individually controlled feathers for active flight control
BAE Systems 3D printed “feather” sensors inspired by the peregrine falcon—the world’s fastest bird—that stays in control even in high winds
Air Force falcon-inspired drone is designed to remove rogue drones safely from the vicinity of airports, prisons, and other no-fly zones
Dromedarily Sustainable Bio-irrigation System efficiently circulates, filters, and pumps water inspired by the camel and giraffe
Passive cooling system, inspired by camels, uses an evaporation-insulation cooling design that eliminates power usage
Memzymes are a thin liquid membrane 10 times thinner than a soap bubble that are full of enzymes to speed up the capture of CO2
Optistruct®, by Altair®, is an optimization technology that designers and engineers can use to investigate structurally-efficient concepts based on biomimicry
Sahara Forest Project proposes to use restorative practices to establish vegetation in arid areas and reverse the trend of desertification
Dye-sensitive solar cells mimic photosynthetic systems using cheap and readily available materials, particularly titanium dioxide and a dye
Spinnanker anchor system is a new technique for foundation and anchoring comparable to the root system of a tree
