BioInspired! So What? Now What!

The September issue is now available at http://bioinspired.sinet.ca/content/september-2011-newsletter-issue-83.  The newsletter can be read online by clicking on the article titles.  A PDF of the newsletter has not been created but PDFs of selected articles are attached to the online version and can be downloaded by registered users.  As explained in the lead article, this issue and the previous three 'member-only' issues are now publicly readable.

• 3rd Quarter 2011 BID Community Update
• What Defines the BID Community? (Norbert Hoeller)
• Biomimicry in Higher Education Webinar Part 2 (Karen Verbeek)
• An Interview with a Bio-Inspired Architect (Randy Anway)
• Research Review: Biologically Inspired Design (Shu, Ueda, Chiu, Cheong)
• Call to Action: Upcoming BID Community Projects

Thanks to all the contributors!

Petra Gruber, BID Community Chart Member and part of the Advisory Group is one of the editors of the new book Biomimetics -- Materials, Structures and Processes.  The Biomimicry Institute has created a Youth Educator Online Course.  If you find any content suitable for BID Community Resources, please let me know.  Registered users can also help the BID Community by tagging and rating existing content.

A new Clippings section has been added to BioDreamMachine, a "site for K-12 teachers and students looking for ways to use nature as an inspiration and guide for problem-solving."  The content from the TypePad Clippings weblog will be migrated to BioDreamMachine sometime this year.

Upcoming Events:

• 18th Annual Research Meeting and Short Course of Nanoprobe Laboratory for Bio- & Nanotechnology and Biomimetics Mon, 2011/10/10 - Tue, 2011/10/11
• International Symposium on New Frontiers in Fiber Materials Science Tue, 2011/10/11 - Thu, 2011/10/13
• Biomimicry NL Introduction Workshop - Get Inspired by Nature Tue, 2011/10/11
• 2011 Bioneers Conference Fri, 2011/10/14 - Sun, 2011/10/16 (includes several Biomimicry 3.8 events)
• Biomimicry Student Design Challenge--Extended Deadline Fri, 2011/10/14
• Biomimicry Student Design Challenge: Register Now