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Ask Nature: Using Biomimicry to Solve Design Problems

11/25/2008
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  • The Biomimicry Institute recently teamed up with Autodesk to launch AskNature.org, an incredible source of information for the growing community of professionals researching and applying the principles of biomimicry. The solutions that animals and nature have come up with have been tried and tested for millions of years (certainly longer than humans have been designing), so why reinvent the wheel?...<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/ask-nature-biomimicry-directory/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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  • The Biomimicry Institute recently teamed up with Autodesk to launch AskNature.org, an incredible source of information for the growing community of professionals researching and applying the principles of biomimicry. The solutions that animals and nature have come up with have been tried and tested for millions of years (certainly longer than humans have been designing), so why reinvent the wheel?...<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/ask-nature-biomimicry-directory/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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  • The Biomimicry Institute recently teamed up with Autodesk to launch AskNature.org, an incredible source of information for the growing community of professionals researching and applying the principles of biomimicry. The solutions that animals and nature have come up with have been tried and tested for millions of years (certainly longer than humans have been designing), so why reinvent the wheel?...<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/ask-nature-biomimicry-directory/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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  • The Biomimicry Institute recently teamed up with Autodesk to launch AskNature.org, an incredible source of information for the growing community of professionals researching and applying the principles of biomimicry. The solutions that animals and nature have come up with have been tried and tested for millions of years (certainly longer than humans have been designing), so why reinvent the wheel?...<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/ask-nature-biomimicry-directory/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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  • The Biomimicry Institute recently teamed up with Autodesk to launch AskNature.org, an incredible source of information for the growing community of professionals researching and applying the principles of biomimicry. The solutions that animals and nature have come up with have been tried and tested for millions of years (certainly longer than humans have been designing), so why reinvent the wheel?...<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/ask-nature-biomimicry-directory/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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