BioInspired! So What? Now What!

In July 2024, Olga Bogatyreva published two books as part of the "BioTRIZ Natural Innovation Series" originally started with her late husband, Nikolay Bogatyrev.  The first book is Living Things as Inventors: Book 1 Language of Living Nature.  From the Amazon listing: "This book is more than just a guide; it is a visual exploration of the natural world's ingenuity, designed to spark your creative genius by tapping into nature's wisdom. Uncover nature's most fascinating secrets for your own benefit, sprinkled with humour and vivid images."

The second book is Laws of living nature: Book 2 Biology for innovation.  From the Amazon listing: "Just as gravity affects everything on Earth, there are laws in nature that also impact us because we are part of the animal kingdom. What are these laws? How can we adhere to them and use them to our advantage? ... Explore how life defies physics, grows in complexity, and builds societies with cultural elements in defiance of the second law of thermodynamics."

Olga provided a sample of pages from both books (attached).

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BioTRIZ Books 1 &2 Pages for viewing_opt.pdf

2024/05/01 I have attached a PDF of the report that is about 15MB.

The report is a 138MB epub file.  I am checking with Richard MacCowan on an epub reader that supports the full features of this document - I will add a comment when I hear back.

To harness the enormous potential that lies beneath this highly cross-disciplinary field, Biomimicry Innovation Lab, together with the Nadathur Group, has been conducting a year-long research project that deep dives into the holistic ecosystem of nature-inspired innovation from academic, industry and finance perspectives across the innovation pipelines from the research lab to the market. Through sampling 112,000 data points, establishing a 1500+ researcher network, interviewing 200+ academics and industry practitioners, coupling with advanced data analysis tools such as Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Machine Learning (ML), we’ve laid a solid foundation in understanding different perspectives, the dynamics and key actors in the field within the UK and Northern Ireland. 

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TheStateOfNatureInspiredInnovation.pdf

The recording and slides of the October 22 presentation by Richard MacCowan, Sriram Nadathur, and Yuning Chenp summarising their research into the ecosystem of nature-inspired innovation based on a "diverse network of over 1500 academics and 100+ research labs in the UK."  The final report will be released shortly.