Nature has adapted a myriad of sustainable and economically efficient methods for its survival. Unlike humankind’s lack of creativity, nature continually brings about and inspires new forms of revolution. Thus, understanding the mimicry process of nature, called <i>biomimicry</i> or <i>ecomimicry</i>, is at the heart of developing new technology to prevent pollution and manage the environment safely. Herein we present our approach for developing a biomimicry database and platform to evaluate biological and ecological characteristics in order to utilize the information for biomimicry. Specifically, biological and ecological characteristics are categorized on six levels: (1) shape and color, (2) behavior, (3) metabolism, (4) sense (visual, touch, etc.), (5) defense mechanism (sound, odor, fragrance), and (6) process and system. This article describes in detail our latest progress in these areas.

Biological and ecological strategy for biomimicry and its application

2019 Fall National Meeting

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