Latest news with #biomimicry
RNZ News
5 days ago
- Business
- RNZ News
Designing with nature in mind
Award-winning architect Amanda Sturgeon doesn't just design buildings, but rather sustainable spaces that connect people with nature. As the CEO of the Biomimicry Institute she leads global regenerative design with the aim of contributing to the reversal of climate change and biodiversity loss. In an era where employee well being is a top priority Amanda talks to Mihi Forbes about the shift towards nature-inspired work environments helping improve employee mental health, productivity and overall job satisfaction. Architect Amanda Sturgeon Photo: The Biomimicry Institute
Sustainability Times
02-07-2025
- Science
- Sustainability Times
'Troops Could Vanish Like Squid': New Bio-Inspired Camo Lets US Soldiers Evade Sight and High-Tech Sensors Instantly
IN A NUTSHELL 🦑 Squid-inspired technology leverages cephalopod biology to create advanced camouflage materials for military applications. leverages cephalopod biology to create advanced camouflage materials for military applications. 🔬 Researchers use holotomography to study the unique light-reflecting cells in squid skin, revealing intricate structures. to study the unique light-reflecting cells in squid skin, revealing intricate structures. 🛡️ The engineered composite material can adapt its appearance across visible and infrared spectrums, ideal for defense and beyond. across visible and infrared spectrums, ideal for defense and beyond. 🌍 This innovation opens up potential applications in smart textiles, thermal-management systems, and various optical technologies. The fusion of biology and technology continues to break new ground, as seen in a remarkable project funded by DARPA and the Air Force. By leveraging the natural abilities of cephalopods, particularly the squid, researchers are developing advanced camouflage technology for military applications. This bio-inspired innovation promises to revolutionize how soldiers hide in plain sight, adapting to various environments by mimicking the squid's adaptive skin. Such breakthroughs not only highlight the potential of bioinspired materials but also reinforce the crucial role of interdisciplinary research in defense and technology. The Science Behind Squid-Inspired Camouflage At the heart of this innovative research is the study of squid skin, particularly the light-reflecting cells known as iridophores. Researchers at the University of California, Irvine, in collaboration with the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, have delved into the unique cellular structures of the longfin inshore squid. These iridophores contain tightly coiled columns of a protein called reflectin. These proteins act like natural Bragg reflectors, enabling the squid to change colors rapidly and efficiently. Through advanced imaging techniques such as holotomography, scientists have captured detailed three-dimensional views of these cells, revealing how the columns of reflectin twist and organize themselves to manipulate light. This ability allows the squid to transition from being transparent to displaying vibrant colors, a mechanism that could be pivotal in developing materials that mimic these changes for military use. Living Skin for Buildings: Smart Facade in Germany Moves Like an Organism to Slash Cooling Needs and Energy Use Engineering Bio-Inspired Materials for Defense Building on the understanding of these biological structures, researchers have engineered a flexible composite material that replicates and even extends the optical capabilities of squid skin. This material combines the nanostructured Bragg reflectors with ultrathin metal films to enhance control over infrared light. Such a composite can adjust its appearance across both visible and infrared spectrums, making it an ideal candidate for adaptive camouflage and other advanced applications. By responding to environmental stimuli, such as changes in light or physical manipulation like stretching and bending, the material can dynamically alter its properties. This adaptability opens doors to a range of applications beyond military use, including smart textiles and thermal-management systems. The scalability of the fabrication techniques used also means that these materials can be produced on a larger scale, potentially transforming industries beyond defense. 'Concrete That Heals Itself': Scientists Create Lichen-Inspired Material That Uses Microbes to Seal Cracks Automatically Potential Beyond Camouflage This breakthrough in biomimicry extends beyond just camouflage. The principles used to develop these materials could enhance a variety of other technologies. The design concepts drawn from cephalopods may improve devices like lasers, fiber-optic filters, photovoltaic coatings, and chemical sensors. The ability to fine-tune optical properties dynamically is a game-changer for these applications, offering new levels of precision and control. As researchers continue to explore the possibilities, the full potential of cephalopod-inspired optics is yet to be realized. The work conducted at UC Irvine and its collaborators exemplifies how nature can inspire cutting-edge technological advancements, pushing the boundaries of what is possible in material science and engineering. 'Silent Death from the Sky': China's Bird-Like Drones Now Strike Targets Without Warning or Detection Anywhere Challenges and Future Directions Despite the promising outcomes, challenges remain in bringing these technologies to practical applications. Issues such as cost, durability, and integration into existing systems must be addressed. Moreover, ethical considerations regarding the use of such technology in defense and surveillance need careful evaluation. Looking forward, researchers aim to refine these bio-inspired materials, optimizing them for real-world applications. The interdisciplinary nature of this research, combining biology, engineering, and material science, underscores the importance of collaboration in solving complex problems. As we continue to draw inspiration from the natural world, the question remains: how will these innovations shape the future of technology and defense? As this research progresses, the implications extend beyond the military, potentially influencing various industries and everyday life. The integration of biological insights into technological advancements poses a thought-provoking question: how far can we push the boundaries of biomimicry, and what ethical considerations will arise as we increasingly blur the lines between nature and technology? Our author used artificial intelligence to enhance this article. Did you like it? 4.5/5 (24)
Yahoo
25-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Dassault Systèmes and Patrick Jouin Unveil "Ta.Tamu," Their Latest Collaboration Redefining Traditional Design
is a lightweight chair 3D-printed in a folded position, created on Dassault Systèmes' 3DEXPERIENCE platform to showcase a bold reinvention of design for the generative economy AI-powered virtual twins and a frugal approach to materials by designers and engineers leveraged biomimicry and data to optimize the chair's design for 3D printing without assembly A collaborative virtual experience integrating thinking, modeling and simulation early in the design process enhanced ideation and concept development PARIS, June 25, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dassault Systèmes (Euronext Paris: FR0014003TT8, and the French designer Patrick Jouin today unveiled " a lightweight, 3D-printed and functional chair, co-created using the 3DEXPERIENCE platform on the cloud. serves as a proof of concept for emerging, generative design processes that combine AI-powered virtual twins and the frugal use of materials to drive the generative economy. is the result of a four-year dialogue between Patrick Jouin's intuitive design approach and Dassault Systèmes' 3DEXPERIENCE platform. Designers and engineers redefined how a chair could be conceived — challenging traditional design methods, pushing formal and structural limits, and inventing new ways to minimize matter. Developed through enhanced ideation and concept development, and a life cycle assessment integrated early in the process, pioneering aesthetics were inspired by biomimicry and the structural logic of the human body, such as bone density and joint articulation. The light yet robust lattice structure weighs just 8.6 pounds (3.9 kg), can support 220 pounds (100 kg), and can be 3D printed in a flat, folded position without needing assembly. "Nature uses only the energy and materials it needs. We wanted to apply this very simple philosophy to the development of With the help of new collaborative technologies of Dassault Systèmes, we are now able to come up with new ideas and make them possible, creating more efficiently while producing less waste, right from the design process," said Jouin. Collaborating around an AI-powered virtual twin, design teams modeled and simulated the behavior of complex assembled components, using topological optimization to refine every joint, unfolding articulation, and zone of pressure and support. At each stage, the design evolved in real time through close interaction with the 3DEXPERIENCE platform, with changes updated and visible in the virtual twin. Teams modified the chair's geometry while balancing its aesthetics, resulting in an optimal design where gesture, function, and structure converge in a chair that weighs 75% less than it would have weighed at full density. "To improve the world we live in, we have to change the way we produce, design and use materials. represents a call to action for industry to embrace a generative economy instead of continuing to create without limits," said Anne Asensio, Vice President Design Experience, Dassault Systèmes. " was created with the technology used to innovate sustainably in industrial contexts. As a science-based company, we want to create value for society in every aspect of people's lives through our 3DEXPERIENCE platform. Design processes integrating modeling and simulation from the start lead to innovations that improve real life." ### About Dassault SystèmesDassault Systèmes is a catalyst for human progress. Since 1981, the company has pioneered virtual worlds to improve real life for consumers, patients and citizens. With Dassault Systèmes' 3DEXPERIENCE platform, 370,000 customers of all sizes, in all industries, can collaborate, imagine and create sustainable innovations that drive meaningful impact. For more information, visit: About Patrick JouinPatrick Jouin is a French designer and a graduate of ENSCI–Les Ateliers. In 1999, he founded his industrial design studio, Patrick Jouin iD. A pioneer in the use of 3D printing for furniture design, he created the Solid collection in 2004, the first series of furniture pieces produced directly from digital files, without molds or assembly. This milestone marked the beginning of an in-depth exploration of new ways to design and manufacture, rethinking forms, gestures, and structures in light of emerging technologies. Through objects such as One Shot, Bloom, and the monolithic bench at the Palais de Tokyo, Patrick Jouin has revealed the ability of these tools to generate intuitive, lightweight, and sometimes otherwise unattainable forms. Since 2019, he has been engaged in an experimental collaboration with Anne Asensio and the teams at Dassault Systèmes, exploring generative design, folding, and deployability. View source version on Contacts Dassault Systèmes Press Contacts Corporate / FranceArnaud +33 (0)1 61 62 87 73 North AmericaNatasha +1 (508) 449 8097 EMEAVirginie +33 (0) 1 61 62 84 21 ChinaGrace +86 10 6536 2288 JapanReina +81 90 9325 2545 KoreaJeemin +82 2 3271 6653 IndiaPriyanka +91 9886302179 AP SouthHazel +65 8333 3484 Patrick Jouin iD Studio Press Contacts communication@ ylecomte@ +33 1 55 28 89 15
Associated Press
25-06-2025
- Business
- Associated Press
Dassault Systèmes and Patrick Jouin Unveil 'Ta.Tamu,' Their Latest Collaboration Redefining Traditional Design
PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 25, 2025-- Dassault Systèmes (Euronext Paris: FR0014003TT8, and the French designer Patrick Jouin today unveiled ' a lightweight, 3D-printed and functional chair, co-created using the 3DEXPERIENCE platform on the cloud. serves as a proof of concept for emerging, generative design processes that combine AI-powered virtual twins and the frugal use of materials to drive the generative economy. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: Dassault Systèmes and the French designer Patrick Jouin unveiled ' co-created using the 3DEXPERIENCE platform on the cloud. is the result of a four-year dialogue between Patrick Jouin's intuitive design approach and Dassault Systèmes' 3DEXPERIENCE platform. Designers and engineers redefined how a chair could be conceived — challenging traditional design methods, pushing formal and structural limits, and inventing new ways to minimize matter. Developed through enhanced ideation and concept development, and a life cycle assessment integrated early in the process, pioneering aesthetics were inspired by biomimicry and the structural logic of the human body, such as bone density and joint articulation. The light yet robust lattice structure weighs just 8.6 pounds (3.9 kg), can support 220 pounds (100 kg), and can be 3D printed in a flat, folded position without needing assembly. 'Nature uses only the energy and materials it needs. We wanted to apply this very simple philosophy to the development of With the help of new collaborative technologies of Dassault Systèmes, we are now able to come up with new ideas and make them possible, creating more efficiently while producing less waste, right from the design process,' said Jouin. Collaborating around an AI-powered virtual twin, design teams modeled and simulated the behavior of complex assembled components, using topological optimization to refine every joint, unfolding articulation, and zone of pressure and support. At each stage, the design evolved in real time through close interaction with the 3DEXPERIENCE platform, with changes updated and visible in the virtual twin. Teams modified the chair's geometry while balancing its aesthetics, resulting in an optimal design where gesture, function, and structure converge in a chair that weighs 75% less than it would have weighed at full density. 'To improve the world we live in, we have to change the way we produce, design and use materials. represents a call to action for industry to embrace a generative economy instead of continuing to create without limits,' said Anne Asensio, Vice President Design Experience, Dassault Systèmes. ' was created with the technology used to innovate sustainably in industrial contexts. As a science-based company, we want to create value for society in every aspect of people's lives through our 3DEXPERIENCE platform. Design processes integrating modeling and simulation from the start lead to innovations that improve real life.' ### Through objects such as One Shot, Bloom, and the monolithic bench at the Palais de Tokyo, Patrick Jouin has revealed the ability of these tools to generate intuitive, lightweight, and sometimes otherwise unattainable forms. Since 2019, he has been engaged in an experimental collaboration with Anne Asensio and the teams at Dassault Systèmes, exploring generative design, folding, and deployability. View source version on CONTACT: Dassault Systèmes Press Contacts Corporate / France Arnaud MALHERBE [email protected] +33 (0)1 61 62 87 73North America Natasha LEVANTI [email protected] +1 (508) 449 8097EMEA Virginie BLINDENBERG [email protected] +33 (0) 1 61 62 84 21China Grace MU [email protected] +86 10 6536 2288Japan Reina YAMAGUCHI [email protected] +81 90 9325 2545Korea Jeemin JEONG [email protected] +82 2 3271 6653India Priyanka PANDEY [email protected] +91 9886302179AP South Hazel FOO [email protected] +65 8333 3484Patrick Jouin iD Studio Press Contacts [email protected] [email protected] +33 1 55 28 89 15 KEYWORD: FRANCE EUROPE INDUSTRY KEYWORD: TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING CHEMICALS/PLASTICS MANUFACTURING APPS/APPLICATIONS CONSTRUCTION & PROPERTY ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ENVIRONMENT SUSTAINABILITY SOFTWARE OTHER MANUFACTURING ELECTRONIC DESIGN AUTOMATION DATA MANAGEMENT INTERIOR DESIGN SOURCE: Dassault Systèmes Copyright Business Wire 2025. PUB: 06/25/2025 01:00 AM/DISC: 06/25/2025 01:01 AM
Yahoo
25-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Dassault Systèmes and Patrick Jouin Unveil "Ta.Tamu," Their Latest Collaboration Redefining Traditional Design
is a lightweight chair 3D-printed in a folded position, created on Dassault Systèmes' 3DEXPERIENCE platform to showcase a bold reinvention of design for the generative economy AI-powered virtual twins and a frugal approach to materials by designers and engineers leveraged biomimicry and data to optimize the chair's design for 3D printing without assembly A collaborative virtual experience integrating thinking, modeling and simulation early in the design process enhanced ideation and concept development PARIS, June 25, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dassault Systèmes (Euronext Paris: FR0014003TT8, and the French designer Patrick Jouin today unveiled " a lightweight, 3D-printed and functional chair, co-created using the 3DEXPERIENCE platform on the cloud. serves as a proof of concept for emerging, generative design processes that combine AI-powered virtual twins and the frugal use of materials to drive the generative economy. is the result of a four-year dialogue between Patrick Jouin's intuitive design approach and Dassault Systèmes' 3DEXPERIENCE platform. Designers and engineers redefined how a chair could be conceived — challenging traditional design methods, pushing formal and structural limits, and inventing new ways to minimize matter. Developed through enhanced ideation and concept development, and a life cycle assessment integrated early in the process, pioneering aesthetics were inspired by biomimicry and the structural logic of the human body, such as bone density and joint articulation. The light yet robust lattice structure weighs just 8.6 pounds (3.9 kg), can support 220 pounds (100 kg), and can be 3D printed in a flat, folded position without needing assembly. "Nature uses only the energy and materials it needs. We wanted to apply this very simple philosophy to the development of With the help of new collaborative technologies of Dassault Systèmes, we are now able to come up with new ideas and make them possible, creating more efficiently while producing less waste, right from the design process," said Jouin. Collaborating around an AI-powered virtual twin, design teams modeled and simulated the behavior of complex assembled components, using topological optimization to refine every joint, unfolding articulation, and zone of pressure and support. At each stage, the design evolved in real time through close interaction with the 3DEXPERIENCE platform, with changes updated and visible in the virtual twin. Teams modified the chair's geometry while balancing its aesthetics, resulting in an optimal design where gesture, function, and structure converge in a chair that weighs 75% less than it would have weighed at full density. "To improve the world we live in, we have to change the way we produce, design and use materials. represents a call to action for industry to embrace a generative economy instead of continuing to create without limits," said Anne Asensio, Vice President Design Experience, Dassault Systèmes. " was created with the technology used to innovate sustainably in industrial contexts. As a science-based company, we want to create value for society in every aspect of people's lives through our 3DEXPERIENCE platform. Design processes integrating modeling and simulation from the start lead to innovations that improve real life." ### About Dassault SystèmesDassault Systèmes is a catalyst for human progress. Since 1981, the company has pioneered virtual worlds to improve real life for consumers, patients and citizens. With Dassault Systèmes' 3DEXPERIENCE platform, 370,000 customers of all sizes, in all industries, can collaborate, imagine and create sustainable innovations that drive meaningful impact. For more information, visit: About Patrick JouinPatrick Jouin is a French designer and a graduate of ENSCI–Les Ateliers. In 1999, he founded his industrial design studio, Patrick Jouin iD. A pioneer in the use of 3D printing for furniture design, he created the Solid collection in 2004, the first series of furniture pieces produced directly from digital files, without molds or assembly. This milestone marked the beginning of an in-depth exploration of new ways to design and manufacture, rethinking forms, gestures, and structures in light of emerging technologies. Through objects such as One Shot, Bloom, and the monolithic bench at the Palais de Tokyo, Patrick Jouin has revealed the ability of these tools to generate intuitive, lightweight, and sometimes otherwise unattainable forms. Since 2019, he has been engaged in an experimental collaboration with Anne Asensio and the teams at Dassault Systèmes, exploring generative design, folding, and deployability. View source version on Contacts Dassault Systèmes Press Contacts Corporate / FranceArnaud +33 (0)1 61 62 87 73 North AmericaNatasha +1 (508) 449 8097 EMEAVirginie +33 (0) 1 61 62 84 21 ChinaGrace +86 10 6536 2288 JapanReina +81 90 9325 2545 KoreaJeemin +82 2 3271 6653 IndiaPriyanka +91 9886302179 AP SouthHazel +65 8333 3484 Patrick Jouin iD Studio Press Contacts communication@ ylecomte@ +33 1 55 28 89 15 Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
