Water from air: What will they think of next?
With news today that Australian scientist Edward Linacre has one the Dyson award for innovation, we embark on another short journey in our series on bio-mimicry. Edward’s invention is unlike most previous ‘plant mimicking’ water collection efforts, in that his inspiration was a desert beetle that collects dew off its back with a unique cellular structure. Plant mimicking devices typically feature a large fan type funnel structure, such as illustrated in the picture on the left. His inspiration, the Namib Desert Beetle...
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