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The way a lung separates carbon dioxide from the essential gases in our body is through a tiny membrane that allows carbon dioxide travel across and out quickly, specialized chemical translators, namely carbonic anhydrase, which allows CO2 to be removed from our bloodstream thousands of times…
10:28"We’re not the first ones to build. We’re not the first ones to process cellulose. We’re not the first ones to make paper. We’re not the first ones to try to optimize packing space or waterproof or heat and cool a structure. We’re not the first ones to build houses for our young. What’s happening now is people are beginning to remember that organisms in the rest of the natural world are doing things very similar to what we need to do, but they’re doing it in a way that has allowed them to live gracefully on this planet for millions of years." — Biomimicry consultant Janine Benyus, TED Talk. More at Ecotrope. (via earthfix)
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Define: Biomimicry
Biomimicry or biomimetics is the examination of nature, its models, systems, processes, and elements to emulate or take inspiration from in order to solve human ‘problems’ such as architecture.
