BioInspired! So What? Now What!

A belated Happy New Year!

January was spent on 'behind the scenes' activities.  For a while, Google has been giving preference to sites that serve up web pages via Secure HTTP (HTTPS).  Recently, Google Chrome started flagging web pages with password fields served via standard HTTP as insecure, which affects the BID Community website.  The last time I tried migrating to HTTPS, I ran into significant issues but these have subsequently been resolved.  Zygote Quarterly and BioDreamMachine were migrated to HTTPS late in January and should now show a green 'Secure' symbol in the browser address bar.  Testing of the BID Community site is progressing well - at last count, there are about 1400 pages that need to be checked and updated if necessary.

Upcoming Events:

• Lightweighting steel and aluminum (Janine Benyus)  Wed, 2017/02/15
• Self-regulation in ant colonies and the role of space  Wed, 2017/02/22
• Beyond bones (Janine Benyus)  Wed, 2017/02/22
• B3.8 Immersion Workshop: Discover Nature’s Genius in California  Mon, 2017/04/03 - Sat, 2017/04/08
• Introduction to R and statistics for biologists  Mon, 2017/04/17 - Fri, 2017/04/21

Recent Updates:

• Biomimicry Chicago: Deep Roots Workshop  (Event)
• Geometric morphometrics using R  (Event)
• 10th International Symposium on Nature- Inspired Technology (ISNIT2017)  (Event)
• PhD Scholarships in Biomimetics: Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (Forum topic)
• Living Machines VI: The 6th International Conference on Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems  (Event)
• Biomimicry Norway: Innovate with Nature  (Event)
• 6th International Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology (ICBEB 2017)  (Event)