TEDTalks : Janine Benyus - Biomimicry in Action

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Summary: Janine Benyus has a message for inventors: when solving a design problem, look to nature first. There you'll find inspired designs for making things waterproof, aerodynamic, solar-powered, and more. In this TEDTalk, the science writer, innovation consultant, and conservationist reveals dozens of new products that take their cue from nature, with spectacular results. "The sophisticated, almost pro-growth angle of Benyus shows the great potential profitability of copying some of nature's time-tested, nonpolluting, room-temperature manufacturing and computing technologies," says the New York Times.

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Physical Description: 1streaming video file (18 min.) : sound, color.
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Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] : TED Conferences LLC, [2009]
Distributor: New York, N.Y. : Distributed by Films Media Group, 2012.
Copyright: ©2009

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General Note:	Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Films Media Group on July 10, 2012. Films on Demand is distributed by Films Media Group for Films for the Humanities and Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
Formatted Contents Note:	Living in Genius (2:09) -- Architecture in Nature (2:08) -- Biomimicry (2:34) -- Bugs, Coral, Leaf, and Membrane Blueprints (2:31) -- Lessons from Trees and Beetles (1:27) -- Lessons from Bacteria, Insects, Trees, and Eels (2:30) -- Lessons from Whales, Cochlea, and Ecosystems (1:15) -- Biomimicry is a Powerful Innovator (2:42) -- Credits: TEDTalks: Janine Benyus - Biomimicry in Action (0:05)
Target Audience Note:	10 and up.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: Internet. System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Language Note:	Closed-captioned.
Source of Description Note:	Title from distributor's description.