Wird man durch die Erfindung eines bionischen Produkts reich? Am Beispiel der Erfindung und Patentierung des Klettverschlusses lernen wir, dass nicht die Erfindung, sondern die Vermarktung des Produkts entscheidend ist. Der Schweizer Ingenieur George de Mestral hat zwar den Klettverschluss (Velcro®) erfunden und auf den Markt gebracht, aber Velcro® wurde erst nach dem Einsatz im […]

Liebe Leserinnen und Leser des Bionik-Blogs, heute starten wir mit der neuen Serie „Irrtümer in der Bionik“. Immer wieder lesen, sehen oder hören wir in den verschiedenen Medien dieselben Missverständnisse im Bereich Bionik. Deshalb haben wir uns entschlossen eine neue „Kategorie“ zu erstellen um diese Missverständnisse aus der Welt zu schaffen. Ein „Klassiker“ ist das […]

Tom Masselter and his co-authors describe the development of a 3D reticuated actuator inspired by the up-righting movement through a cortical fiber network found in the biological models balsa, papaya and the fossil seed fern Lyginopteris oldhamia. In the freely available publication, they provide background information on the movement principle, building instructions and hands-on experiments […]

Simon Poppinga and his co-authors have produced simple handcrafted compliant systems based on paper, wood, plastic foil, and/or glue as construction materials in order to abstraction and implementation plant movement principles into biomimetic compliant systems, which are of increasing interest for technical applications. This freely available publication has a high potential for fast, precise, and […]

Biomimetics is an interdisciplinary science that deals with the analysis and systematic transfer of biological insights into technical applications. Reverse biomimetics, however, also improves our understanding of biological concept generators. What does this mean for the education of kindergarten children, pupils, students, teachers and others interested in biomimetics and bioinspiration? The authors Olgas Speck and […]

Die Doktorarbeit von Larissa Born, wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin am Institut für Textil- und Fasertechnologie der Universität Stuttgart, zu adaptiven Faserverbundkunsstoffen wurde mit dem Manfred Hirschvogel Preis ausgezeichnet. >> Pressemitteilung

International Call: Agnes Pockels Junior Research Group Program @ University of Freiburg (Germany) Philosophy of Technology, Technology Assessment, Sustainability Research The call targets female researchers within three to five years of their postdoctoral experience in the areas of philosophy of technology, technology assessment and / or sustainability research. Applications need to be submitted by September […]

Das neue Buch von Claus Mattheck und Kollegen „Klimafester Baum?: Biomechanische Anpassung der Baumwurzel an den Trockenstress“ ist als e-book erschienen. >>mehr

Two new publications on education in biomimetics have been published open access. Masselter et al. 2021 present meshed actuators inspired by the erectile movement of recent plants and fossil records. >>article Poppinga et al. 2021 provide simple handcrafted models based on paper, wood and plastic foil for „hands-on-understanding“ of plant movements. >>article

Internship offer @ Laboratory UMR MAP MAACC CNRS Paris, France Subject: New research avenues of bio-inspired/biomimeticmaterials for sustainable architecture and construction framework Internship leaders: Natasha Heil(MAP MAACC CNRS) Internship duration: Two months, starting from July2021 Internship location: Onlinebase Remuneration: 500 € per month Internship objectives: The internship is part of a new research framework on […]