Tuesday, September 8, 2009

10 Technologies (Biomimetics) from the Animal Kingdom

There is a really interesting article about technological inventions called ‘Biomimetics’.

According to the article: “People have been lifting ideas from Mother Nature for decades. Velcro was inspired by the hooked barbs of thistle, and the first highway reflectors were made to mimic cat eyes. But today, the science of copying nature, a field known as biomimetics, is a billion-dollar industry. Here are some of our favorite technologies that came in from the wild."

These are verrrrry interesting and truly amazing.

But, my question is, “how did these amazing things that are seen in the animal kingdom and nature just ‘happen by chance’ (evolution) when we, very smart people, didn’t think of or invent such things on our own”?

With man’s brilliant mind, we should have ‘figured this out’ long before random ‘chance’ did.

Alas, we didn’t figure these things out independently, but, instead, we observe these so-called ‘random chance evolutionary accidents’ and then try to copy them. Hmmmm???? What is wrong with this picture?

I don’t know about you, but these amazing innovations and creations (not our ‘reverse-engineered’ ones, but the original ones in animals and nature) just cause me to appreciate and praise our Creator God more and more!

Anyway, to read about these amazing animals, creations, and innovations that GOD (not ‘mother nature’ and not evolution) made and the ways we are copying their exquisite designs into our ife today, HERE’S THE LINK.