Yael Helfman-Cohen recently published Wild Ideas: How Nature Inspires Groundbreaking Innovations.  In addition to examples and insights from her extensive experience practicing biomimicry, it also "presents a deep layer of nature’s design philosophy ... introduces nature as a designer and how its approach differs from the engineering/technological design perspective ... describes nature's structural language ... [and] the principles of ideality in nature."  Let me know if you might be interested in reviewing the book for Zygote Quarterly and I will arrange a review copy.  

If you have considered contributing an article to Zygote Quarterly but the timing or effort put you off, Zygote Quarterly is now publishing ZQ Letters: short articles commenting on recent ZQ issues, making connections between articles, and exploring topics related to the journal's mission.  Letters will be published as they are received (after a short review) and delivered as inline PDFs directly from the Zygote Quarterly website.  Our inaugural letter is Pete Foley's Perspectives on “Water in the Southwest US”, the Lucchesi/Ogden interview in ZQ34.

Upcoming Events:

• B3.8: Deep Dive into Biomimicry  Sat, 2024/08/10 - Fri, 2024/08/16
• B3.8: Project Positive Summit  Tue, 2024/08/20 - Sat, 2024/08/24
• Institute of Biomedical Engineering (IBE) 2024 Annual Conference  Sat, 2024/09/14 - Sun, 2024/09/15
• Biomimicry Thinking: Innovation Inspired by Nature’s Chemistry  Sun, 2024/10/06 - Fri, 2024/10/11
• B3.8: Discover Nature’s Genius for Social Innovation  Fri, 2024/11/08 - Thu, 2024/11/14

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• Invitation to contribute to a book on Theoretical Perspectives on Biomimetics  (Forum post)