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Software or Agriculture the Ways to Fight Epidemics Are the Same

Posted in Biomimicry on January 16, 2004 | Comments Off

This article discusses how security experts are learning to deal with software epidemics from the ways used to fight the more traditional epidemics of agriculture (thanks Toti)
- Seeds of destruction News.com

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Design with Nature as Role Model

Posted in Biomimicry, Philosophy on November 5, 2003 | 1 Comment »

This entry is adapted from a presentation I did at the University of Iceland today, hence all the decorations.
Using nature as a role model in design is one of my biggest interests. By this notion I’m talking about how we can study nature and use its solutions, designs and methods when making our own designs [...]

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Everybody Looking to Nature for Solutions

Posted in Biomimicry on October 22, 2003 | Leave a Comment »

When I say I’m interested biology because I believe that looking to nature for fresh ideas in software and other technology design, most people look at me like I’m crazy – or even tell me bluntly that I am. But I’m not easily offended nor easily convinced that it’s me and not them that [...]

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Shark Illustrated: Swimsuit Edition

Posted in Biomimicry on September 22, 2003 | 1 Comment »

At the Sydney Olympics in 2000, 28 of 33 Olympic Gold Medals were earned in Speedo Fastskin, a swimsuit overall that reduces water’s drag on the swimmer by 3%. The overalls lowered swimming times of professional swimmers by some 7.5%. The suit’s fluid dynamics are based on sharks’ skin, a design that has turned [...]

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