BioInspired! So What? Now What!

A belated Happy New Year! 

Zygote Quarterly

The first two issues of Zygote Quarterly have been translated to Spanish.  Congratulations to Raul de Villafranca and his team at the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico, Manuel Quirós at the Istituto Europeo di Design in Madrid and Marjan Eggermont for pulling all the pieces together!

B3D Webinars

After a speed-bump in December, the B3D Webinars are starting this week - registration is required (see links below for details).

• 2014/01/24 B3D Webinars: Workshop Planning (help plan the B3D face-to-face workshops)
• 2014/02/13 B3D Webinars: Planetary Boundaries (hosted by Taryn Mead)

The Business Hangouts platform we are using for the B3D Webinars has been tested on Windows and Macs.  I would be interested in hearing from anyone who could test Business Hangouts on a Linux 'desktop' (rather than a Linux server) that supports Firefox or Chrome.

Participation Rebate

The BID Community 'Participation Rebate' encourages and recognizes member contributes to the community by returning 20% of membership fees.  Details for the last quarter are posted at Fourth Quarter 2013 Participation Rebate.  Janice McDougall, Marjan Eggermont, Randy Anway and Tom McKeag have received all or most of their membership fee.

Upcoming Events:

• B3D Webinars: Workshop Planning (09 PST, 10 MST, 11 CST, 12 EST, 17 UTC, 18 CEST and 19 EEST) Fri, 2014/01/24
• Janine Benyus at 2014 Geodesign Summit Thu, 2014/01/30
• B3D Webinars: Planetary Boundaries (07:00 PST, 08:00 MST, 10:00 EST, 15:00 UTC, 16:00 CEST and 17:00 EEST) Thu, 2014/02/13
• SPIE Smart Structures: Bioinspiration, Biomimetics, and Bioreplication IV Track Sun, 2014/03/09 - Fri, 2014/03/14