A Systems View Across Time and Space
Table 2 Inspirations and areas of application in chronological order
From: From innovation-as-usual towards unusual innovation: using nature as an inspiration
Application | Author(s) | Biological inspiration | Disciplinary origin |
|---|---|---|---|
Artificial surfaces | Barthlott and Neinhuis (1997) | Natural system for delivering a periodic pulsed spray | Engineering sciences |
Anti-viral software | Rice and Martin (2007) | Biological models | Information systems |
Gas turbine igniters (aerospace) | Beheshti and Mcintosch (2007) | Natural system to deliver a periodic pulsed spray | Engineering sciences |
Artificial molecules (biomedical applications) | Jang, Selim, Lee, and Kang (2008) | Biological agents | Chemistry |
A problem-solving methodology for interior architecture | El-Zeiny (2012) | Biomimicry | Architecture |
Optimization of fluid transportation | Kim and Busch (2012) | Natural drinking strategies | Mathematics and mechanics |
Scaleable multiscale patterning technology | Bae et al. (2014) | Multiscale, hierarchical patterned surfaces (butterfly wings, gecko lizards) | Advanced materials |
Lessons for human organizations | Fewell (2015) | Social behaviour of insects | Social dynamics and complexity |
Optimization of technical pumping systems | Bach, Schmich, Masselter, and Speck (2015) | Natural pumping techniques | Materials and biomechanics |
A model of bio-inspiration for creative design | Salgueiredo and Hatchuel (2016) | Bioinspired design | Concept-knowledge design |
A new way of thinking and acting ecologically | Blok and Gremmen (2016) | Biomimicry | Social sciences |
Actuators for robotics | Hu et al. (2017) | Human’s flick finger behaviour | Nanosciences |
Anti-corrosion/erosion surfaces | Zhang et al. (2017) | Desert scorpion (its micro-structure) | Surfaces in motion |