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Bionics Idea Proposals

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Digital Dawinism

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WATER VAPOR HARVESTING NA!IBDESERT BEET"E

• T#e Nami$ian Beetle %Stenocara gracilipes& li'es in oneo( t#e driest deserts in t#e world) t#e Nami$ on t#eso*t#west coast o( A(rica) $*t o$tains all o( t#e water itneeds+

• How ,rom ocean (og d*e to t#e *ni-*e s*r(ace o( its$ac.+

• Specialty of the microscopic bumps t#e tip o( t#e$*mps consist o( #/drop#ilic s*$stance

•  1o'er eac# 2334533 micron diameter $*mp wit#material t#at attracts water droplets %#/drop#ilic&) w#ilet#e area co'ering t#e 53362)533 micron distance$etween eac# $*mp repels water %#/drop#o$ic&+

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Applications

• S/nt#etic s*r(aces mimic.ing t#e $eetle7s $ac. arepro'ed to $e se'eral times more e8ecti'e t#an e9isting(og4catc#ing nets+

• 1o*ld $e *sed to generate clean (res#water s*pplies in• arid regions

• Re(*gee camps) and

• Ine9pensi'e tent co'erings and roo( tiles

• At t#e tops o( s./scrapers) re-*iring no p*mping+

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"earning Rec/cling (rom Animals

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• Rec/cling #as $ecome increasingl/ important wit# risingpop*lation and depleting reso*rces

• Or$4wea'ers %spiders& $*ild decorati'e we$s to enticepre/s) *s*all/ in #ig#4tra:c areas

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 T#is *s*all/ leads to (re-*ent damage to we$s) re-*iring$*ilding a we$ two times a da/) w#ic# re-*ire lot o( protein+

• Dietar/ so*rce cannot pro'ide s*c# protein) so) t#e or$4wea'er spider eats it *n*sed we$ to maintain proteins*ppl/ (or (*t*re *se+

•O$;ecti'e is to learn (rom s*c# creat*res to inspirematerials< processes t#at are designed wit# rec/cling inmind+ Eg+ T#e waster wasted d*ring RO p*ri=cation can $e*sed (or plants) cleaning etc+