Before you dive into the rest of this Quest, check out these videos to learn more about the important role of animals and plants in the creation of human-made transportation, and what environmental improvements their study might bring for our future:
Watch 1:
Owls and Gliders Watch 2:
Shark Skin on an Airplane
Watch 3:
The Yellow Box Fish, the hero of car design
Watch 4:
Dragonflies to Saturn's Moon Titan (NASA) LEARN + INTERACT
Host a paper plane contest. Ask your friends and family to join you and choose a different paper plane to build. Use your knowledge about inspiration from animals as you choose form, size, surface, and weight proportions of your paper plane. You can also check out this prototype for ideas:
Airbus Maveric - a prototype with better environmental Performance. Once your planes are built, it’s time for takeoff! Fly your plane and measure the distance they travelled. Discuss why one went further than the other.
(for all ages)
Create your own Nature Journal. Become more aware of the nature that surrounds you. Sharpen your senses and take notes. What do you hear, smell, see, and feel? How can what you observed make your everyday life easier and greener? Biomimicry professional Erin Rovalo has created a wonderful guideline. Here is Chapter One of her book
iSites Nature Journaling for Biomimicry.
(for ages 16+)
Take a study break and sing along with the best nature of transportation song: the Beatles’
Yellow Submarine!
(for all ages)
ACT + SHARE
Create a
transportation chart and figure out which animals have inspired the modes of travel that get you around.
(for ages 9+)
Invent a vehicle inspired by at least 3 different animals and/or plants. To get started, think about these questions:
What is your vehicle used for: people or cargo (stuff)?
Is your vehicle fast, slow, comfortable, or functional?
Where does your vehicle travel: on the ground, in the air, or underwater? Is it a hybrid?
Is it mechanical or does it have a motor? Check out Quest 6 on
the nature of design to get some more inspiration.
(for all ages)
Once you have a plan for your vehicle, build it with materials around your house like Legos, glue, tape, and clean trash. Give it a name, take a photo of your vehicle, and share it online with #EarthSchool.
(for ages 5-13)
WANT MORE?
Watch: Future transportation will be unthinkable without artificial intelligence (AI). Discover how studying
swarm intelligence helps create
electric self-driving cars or
flight robo-bees (NatGeo) that will be able to venture into hazardous areas in search and rescue situations.
(for all ages)
Learn how the Marvel Comic Universe superheroes use biomimicry to save the world. Robert Downey Jr. speaks about biomimicry with Janine Benyus in
this episode of the Age of AI YouTube series.
(for ages 13+)
Read: Ants can also help cars to drive alone. (for ages 12+)
Play National Geographic’s
Interactive Challenge: Robots! (for ages 9-16)
Join the conversation
: How do you think artificial intelligence can help the environment? Read the article
Artificial Intelligence—A Game Changer for Climate Change and the Environment by State of the Planet, Earth Institute and Columbia University, and share your opinion in the comment section.
(for ages 18+)
Resources for Parents and Educators: Robots! Challenge, an educator's guide (NatGeo)
(for ages 8-15)
This Earth School Quest was created by the following incredible educators and environmental experts: Juli Voss and Alison Lowndes
We should look closer at Ants because ya who would'nt?
We should take a closer look at camels and cacti (the plural of cactus). They both store water in their body structures which I think could be useful for cars. We can have cars store fuel longer and have the fuel to be more environmentally friendly. If the gas tank can store the fuel longer, then the less fuel will be used and less air pollution. :)
we should use lotus leaves
We should look at bird feathers, because water runs smoothly off them.
Definitely we can do that with the existing technology.
I mean... Lotus leaves clean themselves with water, surely you could do the same thing with all the other stuff???
the idea of ants colony and bees's organization is absolutely inspiring for all of us interested in having smarter cities. Great natural phenomena to mimic for a more sustainable and inclusive future.
I think it could be possible. Since the woman talked about the lotus leaves that like to clean themselves so I think we could mimic that.
I’m not sure if it’s possible. We should look closer at some fungi
I do think that it would be possible to create self-disinfecting cars, trains, boats, and airplanes inspired by nature. We should take a closer look at sharks and fish and the ways that their scales/gills clean themselves and retain less bacteria.
We should look at certain bugs, especially the ones that burrow in the ground. We can use biomimicry to build underground water systems, improve plumbing, and underground housing.
Yes, I think that it would be possible to create self-disinfecting cars, trains, etc. I think that we could take a closer look at lotus leaves. We should also take a closer look at the Thorny Devil that lives in the Australian outback, as it can absorb water and use it whenever needed. This way we can make the cars hold the disinfecting material, and right after a drive the car can automatically spray the disinfecting materials onto its surface.
We should look at trees and see how they filter out pollutants from the water and the air and maybe try to make that more efficient and utilize it in cities with a high population density
We should take a closer look at how some animals can blend in with nature.Maybe we can do that too...
We should look more at a lotus leaf like the video said because when rain falls on the leaf, it picks up the dirt from it and therefore cleans the leaf.
WE CAN JUST LOOK AT EVERY ANIMALS(NOT EVERY,I MEAN ALOT)AND FIND A BEST ONES.
we should take a closer look at those ecosystem in which various animals and plants keep a great balance.
We should look at the way cats and ants clean themselves, and plants that repel water such as lotus leaves. This can help naturally disinfect the things we use everyday.
This is a great idea! Like the self-cleaning public toilets that actually spray stuff into thé cubical after use, or with à spongy material ?
Like in my grandmas time, when supermarket shelves were still made put of wood!
We should focus on animals or plants that have a strong and powerful structure to make machines.
We could look at things in the natural world for ideas, like the lotus leaves, or whe water-repelling oils in some bird feathers. This could be useful for things like medical tools that are used many times, and could be just washed off quickly.
with how technology is going at this rate it will be possible
Yes. There are a variety of plants (such as the lilly mentioned in the video) that are self-cleaning, and we can look to their physical design and possibly mimic that for our modes of transportation to also be self-cleaning
One of the best examples of biomimics is an A380 which is inspired by an eagle's wings which sour up in the sky
We should look at bacteria that can build surfaces that cannot be inhabited by other organisms.
I think it is possible. We should look at lotus leaves, They have a very interesting design that allows them to be cleaned by rain. If we could create paint that mimics the design of lotus leaves we could have self-cleaning cars, planes e.t.c
We should take a look at the Lotus Leaf because with the Lotus Leaf structure we can make self cleaning car, which would save lots of water. We could also make antibacterial hospital surfaces, making it less likely for people to get sick.
We look at worms everyday but what if we look closer they might have something that we didn’t know.
We should look closer at the lotus leaf because it uses rain water that falls on it to clean itself.
We should take a look at the gills of fish to see if we could construct better snorkeling masks or a new tool to breathe underwater.
En los arboles por supuesto! tienen una manera de comunicarse y de interactuar con otros organismos.
I think that of lotus plant is a great idea.
We should take a closer look to beetroot and sugar cane because they have a big availability to produce alcohol dehydrated and then we can use as fuel to cars and airplanes. Using bioethanol produce an energetic high level and reduce pollution gasses emissions.
I think it could most definitely be possible. Just like Janine Beyus said Lotus Leave can self clean them selves. So if they could some how mimic that it would for sure be possible.
Yes definitely humans are capable of doing wondrous things.
We should look at cacti your find a way for cars to use less fuel. As cacti need very little water, perhaps there is a way for cars to need very little fuel. For cleaning purposes, we could look to penguins and other animals with a very smooth surface. If the surface of a car was smooth, dirt would have a harder time clinging to it.
We should take a closer look at reptiles especially snakes and the way they can move a long the ground. We should also have a closer look at underwater animals so we can make buildings that can be more waterproof but absorbs water and puts it to use rather then water falling onto the ground it can be cleaned and used for people to wash there hands or to be in a little water fountain that people can drink from.
technology its great it is life tool I mean there are countless amount stuff we use every day that uses technology so take a moment and just say thank you to all the engineers in the world.
The lotus leaf. That is self cleaning.
It would be fascinating to observe how certain birds peck with their beaks to create the perfect holes on tree trunks, or how ants so intricately build their homes on large leaves.
We should take a look at cacti becausee their design stores water for a long time.
We should look at ants as how they are able to carry things that weight several times of their body mass. Other natural phenomena that we can learn from could be the way roots detect nutritions in soil and grow in different structure, how bears' body metabolize to hibernate for several months, how plants produce certain substance to protect them from bacteria.
For self-disinfecting cars, I think that if we take a closer look into leaves' surfaces, we are trying to foster cleaning and disinfecting cars or any other transport from dirty.
we should take a look at the sky
i think we should look at all animals to see what features we can be inspired from them and i think that we can create self-disinfecting cars🚗, trains🚃, boats⛵, air planes✈ (though because these are really big i think they would be the hardest but SELF means not is but we would still have to make a really big machine and we would have to control it but still)
any animal can inspire us from the smallest ant🐜 to the largest elephant🐘
We should look closer at Ants because ya who would'nt
It would be possible to create self disinfecting transport by looking at how animals clean themselves (not just mammals, but sea creatures and maybe plants too). We can take a closer look at mushrooms and how they can transform dead matter into nutrients to grow, likewise we can find a way to transform our dead matter or waste into something useful.
I would say ants or Symbiotic relationships between animals like rhino and ************
We should look at some animals that developed to clean themselves without help from machines. Then, we can use what they do to create self-disinfecting vehicles.
i think we should take a closer look at different types of big cats (lions, leopard, tigers ect.) because well we might find something very usful
Considero que mirar de cerca el comportamiento de las hormigas, ya que ellas en conjunto realizan un gran trabajo para la supervivencia.
Corn, they produce bioethanol and this would a good posibility to use in cars. trains and airplants
I think innovators should be using biomimicry in everything they design. The world has evolved to a point where nature has already figured all of this stuff out, we just have to observe and listen.
Cuando los murciélagos 🦇 comen tunas!
La polinización es algo muy importante que están dejando de lado y si la polinización nosotros no existimos
Tendría un buen impacto ya que nosotros mismos podríamos hacer nuestras hortalizas
just look at the way shark scales are layered on each other (and why that keeps the shark from getting infected from bad bacteria
si seria posible pero al igual enfocarnos en que los demás problemas que se generarían uno de ellos seria la contaminacion auditiva e ambiental .
if they could be created so as not to harm the planet, we should look at plants as there are certain plants like lotus flower
We take nature as a source of inspiration since animals and plants are an example of surviving and adapting.
We should learn architectural methodologies from the birds which efficiently build nests in a plethora of shapes and the termites that practically construct a breathing infrastructure by introducing tiny pores within the system.
낙타와 선인장 (복수의 복수)을 자세히 살펴 봐야합니다. 둘 다 차에 유용 할 수있는 몸 구조에 물을 저장합니다. 우리는 자동차에 연료를 더 오래 저장하고 더 환경 친화적 인 연료를 가질 수 있습니다. 가스 탱크가 연료를 더 오래 저장할 수 있다면 더 적은 연료가 사용되며 대기 오염이 줄어 듭니다.
lotus leaves -_-
Claro que podrían ser creado hay mucha cantidad de animales que son un buen para desarrollar nuevos modelos de transporte
a las hormigas me parece fascinante su manera de trabajar en equipo
Si espobable pero dañariamos al medio ambiente
Problamente si ya que la tecnología cada día avanza más , en todos los animales
Problamente si porque la tecnología avanza cada día más , y respeto yo creo que en todos animales e plantas
Problamente y si porque la tecnología avanza cada día más y respeto a los animales yo creo que enn todos
Tal vez sea posible hay maneras de como crearlas ya que la ciencia está avanzada y se descubrirá una manera
Deberíamos observar las bacterias que pueden construir superficies
En un futuro probablemente alos animales e microbios
it is likely possible to create such a thing but at the moment there are no animals that disinfect themselves however there are many animals that we could look at to help us with vehicles.
Leaf Cutter Bees because they can create a capsule for their eggs with some food in it using leaves. They chew on the edges of leaves and fold these edges over to create the capsule, but I want to know if they use their saliva as a glue or just the sap of the leaves as glue.
We should take a closer look at a falcon because, maybe you want your self defend thing would want to be faster.
That could be a great idea. But we can not see the fungi without a microscope.
But we could look at some fungi.
I think that we should take a closer look at Camels or Cactus as they both store water in their body structures. And that same idea we can use on cars.... so that the world could be ECO FRIENDLY. :)
I think we should take a closer look at camels and cacti or cactus. They both store water in their body structures which I think could be more useful for cars. We can have cars store fuel longer and have the fuel to be more environmentally friendly. If the gas tank can store the fuel longer, then the less fuel will be used and less air pollution we will have.
We should take a closer look at cactus because they store water in their bodies and use the water through water droughts.
I think we should take a closer look at honey bees because it stores honey,
So like that in cars we store fuel. I think in the future the cars engine
takes less fuel so that we can avoid air pollution.
I think oters
Look at different species to find the best ones and apply them in our everyday life
Nicole, Sophia,Mike said nature mimicking is better life for human
I think we should look at hedgehogs because they can curl up in a ball to protect themselves
We should look at lotus leaves because they have a texture that cleans itself.
I'm not exactly sure what animals or plants we should take a closer look at but in terms of natural phenomena, like shark skin, I think there are a handful of other organisms on Earth that have "self-disinfecting" or antimicrobial qualities.
Sure :)
We should really study lotus leaves. Cars that could be washed by rainwater is pretty swell.
Caterpillars or sea cows
Maybe Camels, because camels can keep providences in their lump, so they can stay for many days without water.
Yes, it would be possible to create all of the above. Like, the lady who wrote Biomimicry was saying, we could use the lotus leaf design on automobiles so they would be self cleaning in places where it rains more often. One animal I think we should take a look at is a whale. Whale's are HUGE yet eat tiny tiny organisms. With this growing problem of an increasing population, it would be healthy to look at new ideas when it comes to one of the many things humans consume. We could eat smaller animals that take up less space but also are high in vitamins and minerals Like, insects for example.
We should probably take a closer look at vultures and how they keep themselves alive in order to create self-disinfecting cars. They somehow manage to stay alive although they eat nothing but the remains of dead animals hours after death. The bacteria somehow doesn't kill them, and that's really fascinating and something we should take into account.
Janine Benyus uses the example of lotus leaves, which are self-cleaning.
termites
i dont think so because i dont know any animal that disinfects itself other than dakota and oreo the best dogs on earth!!!!!!!!!!
"Dog saliva might have some healing properties, and before the advent of modern medicine, licking wounds was your dog’s best defense against infection"- American Kennel club.
The car that dissinfects itself cas a tounge that feels and works like a dog and when you press a button the toungythingy licks the outside of the car.
just looking at some comments I think it's important to note that the lotus leaves were self-cleaning i.e. removing dirt particles and such. This is different to self-disinfecting where its more about removing bacteria to provide a sanitized, hygienic surface, not just 'clean' from dirt, though I'm sure the leaf structure of the lotus would be useful in this case
Yeah I do think it's possible to create self-disinfecting vehicles or transportarion if we try thoroughly observe and take a closer look at self-cleaning house cat. It might not appear exactly like the form of a cat, but the material to use, fur-like perhaps.
It's definitely possible if designers take inspiration from the natural world.
I think honeybees and their honeycombs will be a source of design inspiration
We should observe carefully both ants and bees, even if people don´t like it, it's time for cars to drive automatically, in order to reduce fuel consumption and transportation time
Cats and dogs lick themselves regularly, I think it is best to research them.Also, they are pets, making them available throughout the world
we should take a closer look at tigers (there my fave animals )
the reason why i wanted to pic tigers is because there playful, helpful and sometimes in fact they can be very friendly
that's a great idea clever thinking
that's really
fascinating
animals my fave
fungi is disgusting YUCK but that is very good and scientific to research about to learn more about and clever to think of and even if you taking a closer look at something disgusting it is clever of you to focus about your world. you clever
I don't know much about the world of fauna and flora but I noticed that cats, the feline family in general, has their own way of cleaning themselves without actually using water, unlike dogs which easily dirt themselves. It may be nice to look closely at them and see how by just licking themselves literally easily cleans their bodies.
We may also want to look at plants with leaves and stems that have these tiny hairlike structures, they seem to easily repel water and other tiny things that land on their surfaces.
we should look and camels and cacti as they both store water in their body.
If it could, we should take a closer look at the ladybugs.
Maybe not a whale , Way too loud. Maybe a Dolphin? Dolphins have similar mouthes, and are pretty quiet.
it is going to be possible
I think we should take a closer look on plants such as cactuses because plants are very eco-friendly. This will give a better idea on the design of the self-disinfecting cars.
We well know there is a will there is a way just we have to be more observer & keen in our surrounding.
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We should look at camels and lotus leaves. Camels store water in their bodies, cars can store fuel within them longer. Lotus leaves clean themselves with water, and cars should be able to do the same.
We should take a closer look at how electric eels produce electricity. By biomimicking this ability, we could biologically innovate eco-friendly products that would provide electricity for everyone.
Maybe, idk.
Yes because we could make the cars have bumps on them so when mud or gunk gets in them when it rains all of the rains hits the bumps but still falls off the car washing all of the mud and gunk off. We could make something with the feathers of a duck and the body of a glass frog.
I think we should look close look at elephants
We should take a closer look at turtle shells
this is interesting i want to lean more
When creating a self-disinfecting car, train, etc. we should look at locus leaves how they clean off the dirt themselves, or even a solid non-living thing like a rock. There are many great things you can take a look at.
Anything is possible with science. :)
I will probably suggest taking a closer look at cactus because they store the water in their bodies.
we should take a closer look at the yeetburger
Of course it would be possible, maybe look at some fungi or lotus leaves
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We should not stick to only one animal or thing but should try to understand the whole system of nature, and take inspiration from the same. Nature is the best of the best teacher
We should look at how birds fly because this can help airplanes get more aerodynamic and allow them to use less fuel.
shark
lotus leaves as it cleans itself
Why can't we just redesign buildings, vehicles, roads, et cetera completely? Technically speaking, cost shouldn't be a problem considering the fact that humans invented money...
It probably would be possible to create self-disinfecting cars, trains, boats and airplanes, while nature. I think we should take a closer look at animals and which animal? I think the animal should be a giraffe.
I think it is a possibility to develop these self-disinfecting mobiles. I think the one we should take a closer look as are birds and the lotus leaves there can be a combination of both animals that could help assist in the development and structure and process even of these inventions that we look forward to see. I think asking a biologist or an animal expert could help us get a closer look at this
The video said that by looking at lotus leaves and creating a paint surface that mimics these - the rain droplets would be able to roll off and attach to pieces of dirt creating a self washing car. Many plants such as aloe vera have antiseptic properties so maybe this is an avenue for research.
We should take a look at cacti because they store water in their body structures which I think could be useful for trains.
dogs are good they do not eat cars. we should be more like dogs.
we should take a closer look to egals
Students responses: Cleaning hands and cleaning products come out of the roof.
Yes I think this is very possible, their is a lot of things out in nature, but I would need to take a closer look for inspiration
As ma'am said in the lesson, we can use the form of a lotus leaf or.....umm....a butterfly.
We have so many animals and plants in our ecosystem through which at least one characteristic could be adopted to make our lives better
Not really sure this method of self-disinfecting properties was based on the nature or animals.
There was an article about a "coating" that literally hinders the viruses capabilities to attach efficiently to the surface of a material, providing additional layer as protection.
Might worth taking a closer look.
how about creating a machine that can turn any composes, carbon-rich products or even smoke to useful gasses such as oxygen and nitrogen at an appropriate rate?
In my opinion we should take a closer look humming birds. They have the ability to fly backwards and hover in place , which make them similar to helicopters. Researchers from Stanford University published a study and found that the birds ` ratio of their wing`s length to their width determined their ability to sustain novering power. Also , engeneers hope to use this information their colourful feathers in helicopter design.
To my mind, we should think about fish that make a difference for us and our nature. The example is a yellow box fish. Once large organisation that invent cars decided to design a new kind of a car. “Mercedes-Benz” invented a vehicle that is environmentally friendly. Scientists chose this fish because it has unusual shape and carapace because the fish has impressive hydrodynamic characteristics. This invention isn’t only one example of sustainable fish using, so we need to be more attentive with them.
We should take a closer look at camels and cacti (the plural of cactus). They both store water in their body structures which I think could be useful for cars. We can have cars store fuel longer and have the fuel to be more environmentally friendly. If the gas tank can store the fuel longer, then the less fuel will be used and less air pollution. :)
Birds, lotus leaves, Ants
We should look closer to earthworms, can penerate the earth like tunnels
yes, we should look closer to animals and our nature.
Yes it is possible to create these stuff's owns disinfection process. We should take a closer look to a cat on how they self clean their self.
it is possible! I believe in our ability to think and create unimaginale thing like the way we used to do with other things. It was really amazing. And personally, I think we should take a closer look at the cats. Especially, the cats' legs. The cats can walk, run, and hunt without giving any noise, so perhaps we could take this into consideration and do more research about that, to create cars with soft enginee which will be active based on the way the cats move.
Hmmm. . . . I think we should take a closer look at cactuses. They are amazing!
Yes, I agree, in the "Movie Honey I shrunk the kids" the kid rides an any
Did you know they have oil on their feathers that help them float on water!
yep
everything because there might be things that we still don't know.
Yes we can do that because of modern technology.
Yes it is absoulately possible to make tese items by looking nature. I think we should look closer at animals who sleep in winter because they can stand without drinking water or eating foos. Thats because of they store them to use later. We can make a car that have storage and it can use its fuel with periodically but efficiently.
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We should look at :Shark skin, lotus leaves, and butterfly wings.
Since I really interested in this portion, I studied more additional factors in Google. So I knew other examples of Biomimicry in nature such sharkskin as swimsuit, ************ as wetsuit, burr as velcro, termite den as office building, whale as turbine, birds as jets, lotus as paint and bug as water collection. It was amazing.
I thunk in the future it will be possible to do lots of things that we even thought weren't possible.
it could be possible, maybe they'd take a look at cats since they constantly groom themselves
I think taking a look at multiple animals to help build a self-disinfecting car would be cool because they would all bring different things to the table.
Maybe bees.
I should take a look at birds and how they make they're using what around them without destroying what's around them. The animals have their way of life and we need to find ours.
Yes, in the future I could see self disinfecting cars to be a thing and we should take a closer look at different bugs.
If a gas tank can hold fuel longer than the amount of pollution that is in the air would be significantly reduced. Looking at a camel or tortoise they store water for days using little by little. If card would do that the air quality would be greatly improved.
It probably wouldn't be impossible to create self-disinfecting cars but I don't see it happening in the future. We should maybe take a closer look at spiders because they eat other bugs that may be harmful to crops and they just may be useful.
I think the diverse kingdom of funghi could bring a lot of inspiration for technologies - the far stretching mycelia, their many metabolites...
I think it is possible, but I feel like it will be awhile until we figure out how to do it. We should take a closer look at cacti because they hold water for a certain amount of time until it is needed.
We should look more at cacti and camels. They store their water for long amounts of time.
It might be possible through taking a look at lily pads that self clean
Yes it would be possible to create a self-disinfecting cars because we have plants like Variegated Snake Plant that purify's the air. Lavender is another good one
Copper is a self-disinfectant metal, but we can also look at gorillas because they are smart.
lotus leaves clean themselves with water so that may be a possible plant to look more into.
I think we should look at lotus leaves, because in the video it mentioned how they were self-cleaning.
I think it is possible to create self disinfecting cars
A lot of animals self cleanse so there are many options for that and we could also look at bee colonies for their structure.
we should take a better look at most of nature as it is still thriving (minus humane intervention) and it would just help with everyday problem.
I would look at an animal that has a high antibody or an effective antibody cell for this.
We should definetely use less plants thats for sure, and figure something out with what we already have
maybe ducks and how they dont get wet
We should look at all types of birds when it comes to designing aircraft or vehicles designed for speed and silence, as well as the feathers of ducks, geese, and penguins which are water resistant and would help in creating water resistant clothing or possibly technology.
Yes this could be possible with up and coming technology, and I think we sould look at animals that are built and cannot get hurt easily.
The lotus leaves would be a good choice because they self clean which is extremely helpful.
any marine life
we should look more closely at desert dwelling animals and plants for the conservation of water
We should take a closer look at spiders. Its incredible how strong their webs are they can even collect raindrops. Their web designs are also unique.
if i were the one building it i would base it off a cat
Lotus leaves are self cleaning also water runs off birds feathers these could be things to look into
lotus leaves
and cat tongues
Yes I think it’s possible we should look at elephants how they store water in their trunks to clean themselves
My daughter's thoughts: I think we should look closer at flamingos to see if their feathers are really pink or just a pink-looking orange.
Maybe looking into the areas where blind animals have adapted to in their own way could help us get inspiration for designs.
We should look at bird feathers to help with boats because water runs smoothly off them
We should look at lotus leaves because they have a texture that cleans itself.
just look at the way shark scales are layered on each other
the lotus leaf is self cleansing
we should look more into ants
The design of lotus leaves can be used to create self-cleaning cars, trains, boats, etc...
Yes, it would be possible. We could use the surface of the lotus leaf and put that on cars, boats, airplanes, any type of transportation! It would be possible because lotus leaves clean themselves, and there are 3-D printers that can mimic that.
We could look into certain bacteria that may have the ability to disinfect. This could be used on cars, trains, boats and airplanes. Bacteria are able to grow really fast and could perhaps be used to clean off bad bacteria off of surfaces to make items cleaner. It is worth investigating.
I think it is theoretically possible, but it will take many years for scientists to reach the required level. We have to take a closer look at all the little-studied plants and animals, because perhaps they have more features than we think.
I think this could work because you could put a machine inside those things that can trigger to spray out hand sanitizer when it’s time to clean or disinfect. I think we should take a closer look at ant eaters to find out more.
We should look at bugs, especially the ones that burrow in the ground. We can use biomimicry to build underground water systems, improve plumbing, and underground housing.
Yes, it would be possible to create self-disinfecting cars. Lotus leaf would be a good plant to look at because they clean themselves with water.
I think it would be possible but difficult. I think it would be hard to do because there is still the factor that we humans are a part of the equation when using transportation. We must design something with the knowledge that humans will be involved every time our product is in use so we must keep safety as our top priority. But if we are going to use an animal or plant I believe that certain birds can be used because they are very good self cleaners and also maybe use the lotus leave design for outside of the transportation machines. Another idea that might be great is the remora fish because we can use the principle that after usage there can be a few systems of cleaning to clean and disinfect transportation while not in use or while a transition is being made.
Honestly that may be a feasible idea with the technology we have today, but there would have to be more type of research involved. We should take a more closer look at birds and the way they communicate with others and fly.
We should take a closer look at camels and cacti (the plural of cactus). They both store water in their body structures which I think could be useful for cars. We can have cars store fuel longer and have the fuel to be more environmentally friendly. If the gas tank can store the fuel longer, then the less fuel will be used and less air pollution
we should look at lotus leaves since they use water to clean the dirt off themselves
We should take a closer look at camels and cacti (the plural of cactus). They both store water in their body structures which I think could be useful for cars. We can have cars store fuel longer and have the fuel to be more environmentally friendly. If the gas tank can store the fuel longer, then the less fuel will be used and less air pollution
Definitely we can do that with the existing technology.
If technology could go one step further, we can achieve it. To the hawks because they must have something impressive
maybe all of them, all animals have a way to clean themselves
We should look at some animals that developed to clean themselves without help from machines.
Yes, but not now. Maybe some bugs or plant.
the coat of some dogs that use the same coat to cool their body
We should look at trees and see how they filter out pollutants from the water and the air and maybe try to make that more efficient and utilize it in cities with a high population density
- Yes, but it would take a long time to develop it; we can imitate or observe birds, fish, plant behaviors, storms, tsunamis, eruptions, etc.
yes, i think lotus leaves or how ants and coordinate betwen to work
I believe that we should not use animals to make cars but that we should make cars that do not pollute so much
Yes, using the method of the woman in the video that with this process the raindrops carry the bacteria away so it disinfects it naturally, I mention that it was applicable for many objects, we could pay attention to the behavior of owls
i think that yes but i can not give you proobs, the ants and bees because there work and do things that proportional with its capacities are imresionants if humans now how to work like that we will be more avanced in all aspects
I think it would be possible, but it would be a bit difficult. We should take a closer look to marine species.
If trees are very good water filters, we should look at them
we should took closer at owls becuase we can see claerly in the night
i think yes and the halcon or emu.
It could be a lion or a bull because those are strong animals of nature
When creating a self-disinfecting car, train, etc. we should look at locus leaves how they clean off the dirt themselves, or even a solid non-living thing like a rock. There are many great things you can take a look at.
They create it because they are inspired by some animals and the most similar animal would be like a hummingbird or a guy like that
we should find ways to look at animals closer to find some ways they do things that we can do
NO, TO THE TREES
I'm having a hard time deciding because we can be inspired by a lot of things. From the sharp eyes of Eagles, the hard work of ants, lotus leaves and many more...
Some Animals that you can you can use are birds.
Yes, I think it would be possible to create self-disinfectant cars. trains, boats, and airplanes while looking at things in nature. Scientists could look at the lotus leaves because they are self-cleaning.
Many animals and plants have a self-disinfecting liquid that helps them to avoid germs.
An example is a sweat. Many animals use it for biological processes and for disinfecting themselves by outputting the toxins.
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Yes, it is possible! Observe how animals and fungi work, see how they maintain their homes, what resource other plants use.
we should look at ants and see what they do all day, also cacti's are cool
We should take a closer look at camels and cacti (the plural of cactus). They both store water in their body structures which I think could be useful for cars. We can have cars store fuel longer and have the fuel to be more environmentally friendly. If the gas tank can store the fuel longer, then the less fuel will be used and less air pollution.
take a closer look at smaller insects
Maybe because there are some self driving cars,so why can't there be other self driving things? Maybe this could be based of a cheetah because they can run really fast without using too much energy.
We all should look closely at an owls feathers because water runs smoothly through them.
Possibly depending on whether or not the bumps on the structure of the lotus would have an effect on aerodynamics.
I think it would be possible, however I have no idea how, but we could pay attention to all the animals that are used or have been used as a means of transport.
The lotus leaves sound fascinating.
I'd be interested in anything that is "fuel" efficient.
Lotus leaves can clean themselves with water, maybe we can do experiments and see if it would work with other objects.
We should take a closer look at whales. They call each other with ultrasonic waves. Maybe we can try the same thing on kids so that they don't go lost.
We should look at cactus because they store water in their body structures( can be useful for cars).
Bees as they have a communication system and a hierarchy built into their community.
We should take a closer look at lotus leaves.
I don't think it would be possible to create self-disinfecting cars, trains, boats and airplanes when you look at nature because organisms don't look to disinfect they just look to not be affected by pathogenic bacteria. I think we should look at how mole rats outlive most rodents and rarely develop cancer, or how lobsters are practically immortal.
I think we should look closer to worms. They are very interesting.
I think we should take a closer look at lotus leaves, because they are naturally designed with a bumpy texture, which makes rain drops roll or move around the leaves, removing all the bacteria and germs on them.
lotus like it said in the video
I think that lotus leaves would be a good choice