BioInspired! So What? Now What!

A feed of Carl Hastrich's Bouncing Ideas blog has been added to the home page, just below Tom McKeag's Biomimicry feed at GreenerDesign.  Please drop me an e-mail using the Contact Us link if you would be interested in a webpage that would consolidate multiple biomimicry and bio-inspired design blog feeds along with suggestions for which blogs to follow.

When the BioInspired! site was launched, only logged-in users could view comments on the website.  Site permissions have recently been changed such that visitors can view comments to public documents.  This would affect comments to newsletter articles (such as the BID Community 'Participation Rebate'), public forums (such as the Website Support Desk) and Resources.  Comments to restricted content remain private. 

Recent updates to public content:

• Design, Requirements, Constraints and the Life's Principles (blog post)
• Logitech Harmony Remote and the Life's Principles (blog post)
• Ralph L. Knowles: Architecture, Nature and Context (resource, added Additional Readings)
• Carl Hastrich's Blog (resource)
• Biomimicry Quebec (resource)

Upcoming events:

• 2012 Biomimicry Professional Certification Program (Deadline March 2/2012) Fri, 2012/03/02
• Backyard Biomimicry Workshop - Bogotá Fri, 2012/03/09 - Sun, 2012/03/11
• SPIE's 19th Annual International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials + Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring Sun, 2012/03/11 - Thu, 2012/03/15
• Bioinspiration, Biomimetics, and Bioreplication II Mon, 2012/03/12 - Wed, 2012/03/14
• Backyard Biomimicry Workshop - Ohio Wed, 2012/03/14 - Fri, 2012/03/16

Clippings (on BioDreamMachine):

• A New Coating Promises the End of Smudges
• Battery Research: Bionics Reduces Filling Time
• New Technique Turns Viruses Into Useful Tools
• Power from the people
• Self-healing materials take cue from nature