Book 89: (Dec 2, 2025) Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature

Our Dec 2nd meeting we will be discussing the book Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature by Janine M Benyus (Sep 17, 2002 paperback). With approximately 298 reading pages it is approximately 10 pages a day. 

Check out the Bio, links and videos & podcasts below:  

"Repackaged with a new afterword, this "valuable and entertaining" (New York Times Book Review) book explores how scientists are adapting nature's best ideas to solve tough 21st century problems.

Biomimicry is rapidly transforming life on earth. Biomimics study nature's most successful ideas over the past 3.5 million years, and adapt them for human use. The results are revolutionizing how materials are invented and how we compute, heal ourselves, repair the environment, and feed the world.

Janine Benyus takes readers into the lab and in the field with maverick thinkers as they: discover miracle drugs by watching what chimps eat when they're sick; learn how to create by watching spiders weave fibers; harness energy by examining how a leaf converts sunlight into fuel in trillionths of a second; and many more examples.

Composed of stories of vision and invention, personalities and pipe dreams, Biomimicry is must reading for anyone interested in the shape of our future."

WEBSITES:

Biomimicry Institute

Biomimicry 3.8

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Meeting Notes...

If there is anything I missed or have incorrect please let me know.

* General Impressions

* Follow up/Update of book

* Problems with Silicon Chips

* Problems with linear computers

* 360 Approach

* Future/AI

* Nature 3.8B and innovative

* Velcro & Glue bottles

* Glue Barnacles & Mollusks

* Ambient Temperature

* Social Consciousness of time to Enlightenment...No Harm

* Religious views of the Earth for Humans

* 3 types of Systems

* Seeds long haul vs deep long roots

* Optimize Resources entire Forest

* Photosynthesis 

* Data Centers

* Wolves using Tools 

* Lemurs leave Digestive Inhibitors and eat highest density

* Honey

* Rats pick best Rat Chow ingredients

* Chimps know what to eat to get rid of parasites

* P253 Ten Commandments

* Ending Quote