Biomimicry: Jamie Miller at TEDxEmbryRiddle

After discovering that we live in what he calls "a house of technology" that limits our free thinking, Jamie Miller looked to nature to find new sources of inspiration for innovation. In this talk Jamie talks about how nature elegantly has solved the most complex of problems and how we can benefit from mimicking nature to solve problems of our own in fundamentally new ways.
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[@EdwinJose84]

really interested biomimicry tbh, I just love the idea that there is this 3.8 billion years worth of R&D resources for us to simply use.. All we have to do is to look for it..

[@jamiemiller6534]

Just a note: the idea of a "house of technology" comes from Ursula Franklin's book, "The Real World of Technology". I recommend checking it out.

[@mathiasverheyen1753]

It's possible to follow you on twitter?

[@jamiemiller4557]

@@mathiasverheyen1753 Unfortunately no, but feel free to follow our company on Instagram @biomimicryfrontiers

[@guyvanwunnik3920]

topic is great, also the content. So true that nature has brilliant solutions.
Presentation could've been better in my opinion.

[@fullytokd]

Graceful speaker, great topic.

[@isoutoforbit]

First time I see Jordan Peterson mentioned before he became famous.

[@TedPavlic]

Scott Turner actually instrumented termite mounds and found that they aren't actively maintaining temperature -- they get temperature regulation through the capaciousness of the ground they are based in. People need to stop saying termite mounds actively regulate temperature. Humidity, yes. Temperature, no.

[@gtanindahouse]

This guy really knows what he's talking aboot

[@henryche121212]

Nature's design is more dynamic, adaptable to live and evolve, while the current mankind's design is limited, failproof to fulfill desires.

[@mattcullen1017]

Gooseberries are a cool packaging and my favourite deliciousness inside

[@Hanks011]

Earthship.

[@Stickstacks12]

Well said :)

[@SilverCloudMusic2012]

Gulph! I was born there! 1961

[@ChrisDeBruinMrAwsomeGlopGlop]

Ooohhh Canada!!!

[@rachelrodgers8673]

biomimicry is amazing. but it's not a 'fundamental transformation of viewing nature', it's always existed, before industrialization took over!
and he mentioned Jordan Peterson back in 2013 :).

[@Isthisreallifeblog]

The word biomimicry was coined a while before 2007 there, uh, Jamie.

[@jamiemiller4557]

Ha, yes. There was a slip up there and should've been a pause, that I met Janine back in 2007, not that she coined the term in 2007.

[@robertplatt643]

A lot of this work, like in the 50s and 60s, will be designing for posh towns. Nothing wrong with that. Designers gotta eat. But it also becomes sort of a parody, and reinforces the idea that Marin County or Cambridge, Mass. are not the Real Amurrica. So this design also has to be for styrofoam cup people too.

[@electricAB]

W.orldwide E.volutionary E.cological D.efence S.ystem... W.E.E.D.S.

[@juandiegofajardohernandez5369]

nice xd

[@MCPretzelM999]

well Jordan Peterson says

[@thoughfullylost6241]

Reference to Jordan Peterson you lose