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How Lobster Eyes Inspired a Radiant Heater

Sherry Ritter is a biologist, writer, and educator living in Montana. Before getting involved with biomimicry, she was a wildlife ecologist with state wildlife agencies in Wyoming and Idaho, and worked for the U.S. Forest Service. Biomimicry fits her life-long interest in organisms’ adaptations to survive.

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November 10th, 2014 2

Inventor and entrepreneur Roger Johnson turned what he learned in an article in Scientific American into a lobster-inspired radiant heater that saves energy and costs.

Sea Creatures Inspire Bottle Design

By Sherry Ritter

Sherry Ritter

Sherry Ritter is a biologist, writer, and educator living in Montana. Before getting involved with biomimicry, she was a wildlife ecologist with state wildlife agencies in Wyoming and Idaho, and worked for the U.S. Forest Service. Biomimicry fits her life-long interest in organisms’ adaptations to survive.

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September 8th, 2014 0

Inspired by diatoms and radiolarians, a new bottle used biomimicry as a basis for its new design.

A Toolkit for Learning About Biomimicry

By Sherry Ritter

Sherry Ritter

Sherry Ritter is a biologist, writer, and educator living in Montana. Before getting involved with biomimicry, she was a wildlife ecologist with state wildlife agencies in Wyoming and Idaho, and worked for the U.S. Forest Service. Biomimicry fits her life-long interest in organisms’ adaptations to survive.

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July 14th, 2014 0

Explore the lectures, videos, exercises, case studies, and other resources included in the toolkit.

Four Student-Designed, Nature-Inspired Transportation Solutions

By Sherry Ritter

Sherry Ritter

Sherry Ritter is a biologist, writer, and educator living in Montana. Before getting involved with biomimicry, she was a wildlife ecologist with state wildlife agencies in Wyoming and Idaho, and worked for the U.S. Forest Service. Biomimicry fits her life-long interest in organisms’ adaptations to survive.

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June 10th, 2014 5

102 university teams from around entered the Biomimicry Student Design Challenge.

Taking a Pounding: How Woodpeckers Avoid Concussions

By Sherry Ritter

Sherry Ritter

Sherry Ritter is a biologist, writer, and educator living in Montana. Before getting involved with biomimicry, she was a wildlife ecologist with state wildlife agencies in Wyoming and Idaho, and worked for the U.S. Forest Service. Biomimicry fits her life-long interest in organisms’ adaptations to survive.

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May 13th, 2014 0

Woodpecker adaptations can inspire designs that prevent impact and vibration damage.

What Can Makers Learn from Dragonfly Sex?

By Sherry Ritter

Sherry Ritter

Sherry Ritter is a biologist, writer, and educator living in Montana. Before getting involved with biomimicry, she was a wildlife ecologist with state wildlife agencies in Wyoming and Idaho, and worked for the U.S. Forest Service. Biomimicry fits her life-long interest in organisms’ adaptations to survive.

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March 12th, 2014 0

Nature is a rich source of inspiration for how to attach two things together. From dragonfly heads, to ivy on walls, to cockleburs on fur, nature has been doing it for millennia, and can teach us some new tricks.

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