Detectando design biomimético na natureza em benefício da humanidade

• Social insects inspire human design
  
  C. Tate Holbrook*, Rebecca M. Clark, Dani Moore, Rick P. Overson, Clint A. Penick and Adrian A. Smith
  
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  Author Affiliations
  
  School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-4601, USA
  *Author for correspondence (ctholbrook@asu.edu).
  
  Abstract
  
  The international conference ‘Social Biomimicry: Insect Societies and Human Design’, hosted by Arizona State University, USA, 18–20 February 2010, explored how the collective behaviour and nest architecture of social insects can inspire innovative and effective solutions to human design challenges. It brought together biologists, designers, engineers, computer scientists, architects and businesspeople, with the dual aims of enriching biology and advancing biomimetic design.
  
  
  biomimetics   biomimicry   nest architecture   social insects  swarm intelligence
  
  Footnotes
  Received March 19, 2010.
  Accepted March 24, 2010.
  © 2010 The Royal Society
  
  
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  NOTA CAUSTICANTE DESTE BLOGGER:
  
  
  Quem foi mesmo que disse que a biologia é o estudo das coisas complexas que dão a impressão de ter design intencional, mas é ilusão? Gente, eu acho que vocês são telepatas: Richard Dawkins, O relojoeiro cego, p. 18.
  
  
  Por que procurar design na natureza se os mandarins da Nomenklatura científica dizem que o Design Inteligente é ilusão, pseudociência y otras cositas mais?
  
  
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