A New Twist on Hydropower - MIT Technology Review
Fascinating report on how a new mechanical device, which "mimics how fish harness energy from water flow," could contribute to the sustainable energy toolkit.
(Since the device is based on mimicking how fish do it, I'm adding the "biomimicry" tag to this article.)
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VIVACE: Energy from Slow Currents - MIT Technology Review: Videos
Video demo of how VIVACE works (the device developed to mimic how fish harness energy from water currents).
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Sun + Water = Fuel (MIT Technology Review)
Fascinating article about Daniel Nocera's work on biomimical process similar to photosynthesis, except in this case it's sunlight turning water into hydrogen. If the process can scale, it has revolutionary implications for energy supplies.
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Technology Review: Synthetic Tree Hauls Water
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Technology Review: Synthetic Tree Hauls Water
Learning from nature (biomimicry & engineering)....
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Nature's Photonic Crystal, by Kristina Grifantini (MIT Technology Review)
File this under "I HEART biomimicry!" Amazing piece about scientists discovering that a lowly Brazilian beetle manufactures --chemically! -- scales that essentially function as a photonic crystal structure for visible light. Now the scientists are not only making molds or copies of the beetles amazing crystal structure embedded in its scales, but are trying to mimic (figure out) the chemical processes by which the beetle creates them in the first place.
(Note: I'm highlighting the entire article to have in my Diigo archive, as I've noticed that some MIT Tech Review articles disappear after a while.)
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Transmaterial 2: To Redefine Our Physical Environment - PingMag - The Tokyo-based magazine about “Design and Making Things”
PingMag interview with Blaine Brownell, architect and sustainable materials researcher, whose focus is on green building.
"From repurposed materials that act as surrogates, to recombinant ones that fuse several materials into a hybrid, making them stronger and more effective — Blaine points us to products that might shape our physical environment in the future."
Materials discussed include self-healing polymers inspired by biological systems, which can automatically heal cracks in buildings, for example.
The article includes many other photographs / examples with descriptions of weird and wonderful bioneered and sustainable building materials.
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