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Application search in solution-driven biologically inspired design

Lenau, Torben Anker


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Year:
2019
Editor:
Wartzack, Sandro; Schleich, Benjamin; Gon
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Series:
ICED
Institution:
Technical University of Denmark
Section:
Design creativity
DOI number:
ISSN:
2220-4342
Abstract:
In solution-driven BID (sol-BID) a challenge is to identify suited applications that will benefit from the solutions principles found in nature. A well-known example of sol-BID is the self-cleaning lotus plant, that has inspired lotus paint and other coating methods. However, sol-BID is often performed by biologists with insight into the biological strategy and organism and typically only little knowledge of technical applications and design methodology. Searching for applications is therefore a challenge to many. Sol-BID has many things in common with technical application search where new applications are sought for a specific production technology or another competence characterizing a company. Experiences from technical application search could therefore form a valuable input for how to perform sol-BID. The paper presents two case studies of application search and proposes a procedure to be used in solution driven BID.
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