BioInspired! So What? Now What!

A belated Happy New Year!  In the spirit of renewal, the BID Community Think Tank has been looking at a number of ideas to advance bio-inspired design and engage the BID Community.  We would greatly appreciate if you would help by completing the short survey at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1AfBkNkCNfDrG8NblDmhC3427naw7W4Zf5Y0S9zq8lCc/viewform.  The survey has three parts:

• input on the BID Community website
• input on the BID Community itself
• nominations for the top three three activities, initiatives and projects of 2015 that helped advance the field of biomimicry/biomimetics/bio-inspired design

Even if you have no input on the first two sections, please provide your input for the third section.  I am particularly interested in broader initiatives rather than individual examples.  Depending on the volume of input, I will give the community a chance to vote on their favorites and write up the results in a short article.

Upcoming Events:

• INCOSE International Workshop  Sat, 2016/01/30 - Sun, 2016/01/31 (see Agenda for INCOSE IW 2016 Conference)
• Biomimicry Thinking for Design in the Sonoran Desert  Sat, 2016/03/05 - Thu, 2016/03/10
• ​​​​​​​​​​The 5th International Conference of Bionic Engineering  Tue, 2016/06/21 - Fri, 2016/06/24
• Living Machines V: 5th International Conference on Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems  Mon, 2016/07/18 - Fri, 2016/07/22

Recent Updates:

• Implications of "Shoveling Water"  (blog post: a perspective on technology and implications for biom*)
• Introduction to Investment Readiness: MaRS’ online startup capital course (Resource)
• Le vivant comme modèle, la voie du biomimétisme (Resource, new book by Gauthier Chapelle)
• WorldWide ElectroActive Polymer (WW-EAP) Newsletter ​(Resource)