8 Useful Technologies Inspired by Nature

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We're pretty good at inventing things, but stealing from nature is a great way to solve some problems!
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Mosquito Needle
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Waterproof Glue
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sciencenordic.com/synthetic-mu...
Cleaner Surfaces
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www.medicaldaily.com/shark-ski...
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ocean.si.edu/ocean-photos/bio...
Turbine Blades
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Turbine Placement
inhabitat.com/john-dabiri-uses...
dabirilab.com/
Green Concrete
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blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/05/...
www.wired.com/2015/09/think-l... www.technologyreview.com/s/53...
www.worldwatch.org/node/5996
Vaccines
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Velcro
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Комментарии : 288

@mrmjdza 6 лет назад

LOL!! "Usually, cells don't like being dried out. They lodge their complaints by dying. Permanently." You guys have THE BEST script writers! Winifred Kehl, you beauty!

@AbudBakri 7 лет назад

waterproof glue!? I can finally make macaroni art in the pool

@spindash64 7 лет назад

Dr.StickFigure This shouldn't be funny

@rusca8 7 лет назад

Dr.StickFigure +

@DecidueyeMain 4 года назад

Water proof glue sucks. It doesn’t even stick well

@vonneely1977 7 лет назад

This is the only channel where a list-title doesn't make me automatically hit the ignore button.

@NealCTuck 7 лет назад

Michael, TAKE TAKE A BREATH BABY. You never once PAUSED!!

@sohee7597 5 лет назад

Yeah he doesn't even blink

@iartistdotme 7 лет назад

Awesome show! Love this kind of knowledge. It won't get me out of paying a speeding ticket and I can't think of anything else it would be useful to me for, except it is fascinating and so much fun.

@irvinmejia846 7 лет назад

Now I know 8 things that people were inspired from organisms around us. Good job 👏👏👌👌

@Manj_J 5 лет назад

"Usually, cells don't like being dried out. They lodge their complaints by dying. Permanently." I love this quote so much XD

@dragonarchive93 7 лет назад

Informative as always. I love it!

@DecidueyeMain 4 года назад

NICE NOW I KNOW HOW I CAN PUT MY ART IN THE POOL TO MAKE MY PAPER FLOATY

@PeyotZET 7 лет назад

"They lodge their complaint by dying. Permanently." xD

@mineola_ 7 лет назад

Super interesting episode, and Michael is a great presenter.

@phantasm1234 7 лет назад

Hi, SciShow! I have a request for a video on cerebral aneurysms! A scary topic, considering how unexpected they can be, like when I was 19 and had one rupture!

@hawkinsstern5356 7 лет назад

quality content as always but this was especially good!!

@dariusszablowski5474 7 лет назад

It's always inspiring to watch your videos 😊

@patm407 7 лет назад

Another cool one: the baffles found inside of a peregrine falcon's nose were used to help design jets so the could fly faster without the engines choking.

@nate.draws.things 4 года назад

A B2 stealth bomber next to a peregrine falcon in flight; they have the same profile! external-preview.redd.it/V7z1Ddk_x-qyzGnOtPhF4DeBCHg4ogkh5wwT7brgAbE.jpg?auto=webp&s=5c4f4f9b11bb03fa63bae790c84b7f3de21d390c

@Guru_1092 7 лет назад

I'm so happy that these series state their sources. Thanks SciShow!

@johnobrien5464 7 лет назад

The humpback flipper lumps have also been incorporated int bike wheels (Zipp's 454 NSW wheels) to improve aerodynamics and reduce the force felt by cross winds

@luvitrbs 7 лет назад

this is one of my favourite episodes! 😊

@Mabaz 7 лет назад

great video, very informative!

@jackiewinters5792 7 лет назад

Very interesting. Thanks for sharing.

@xxxnightsky14 7 лет назад

I found this episode to be entirely fascinating!

@LittleGreenPearl 7 лет назад

Michael is my favourite host; I like hearing his voice the most.

@KazeShiniSK 7 лет назад

Listening to Michael is so soothing

@donald0330 7 лет назад

I don't usually comment, but I wanted to let you all know that I love SciShow! You guys rock out loud!

@prhsapien6216 7 лет назад

I love when nature shows us up with things like this. It's funny and a little humbling, gg nature.

@leestuurmans2837 7 лет назад

super good episode!

@JoeDoeOutdoors 6 лет назад

Hi awesome page ☺ Keep it up!

@Owl90 7 лет назад

2:50 "...Steel is my body and fire is my blood"

@VEE727 7 лет назад

They lodge their complaints by dying 😂

@HexIsme 7 лет назад

If only annoying people did the same.

@DigitalJedi 4 года назад

That's how I'm gonna go.

@coughdrop01 7 лет назад

oh man, I started feel woozy with all those needle descriptions.

@themasstermwahahahah 7 лет назад

Very cool episode

@fiftyfat 7 лет назад

great video ! For the concrete, absorbing CO2 is indeed improving the compacity and thus the compressive strength but it also reduces the PH of it, then the steel inside is no longer passivated, it corrodes and the concrete explodes (rust takes more volume than steel) so I wonder how they are gonna use it for reinforced concrete, it's a big problem but I guess if you use polymer fibers to reinforce the concrete then you don't have to worry about the PH drop.

@newtscamander7713 5 лет назад

1:25 I will not say it I will not say it I will not say it I will not say it I will not say it I will not say it I SAWED THIS BOAT IN HALF TO PROVE THE POWER OF FLEXSTEEL!

@v-gc7257 2 года назад

Very very useful indeed. Great

@cretin76 7 лет назад

This is taken directly from a TED talk on biomimicry. But the presentation here is a lot snappier so that is good.

@lotso133 Год назад

That MRSA resilient surface could really be changing the game. Do you have any knowledge of whether there are clinical trials to assess it's efficacy inside hospitals et other health care associated structures ? Any research on the effect on other "superbugs" (e.g. VRSA, BLSE, VRE, CPE, ...) ?

@lazyperfectionist1 7 лет назад

So if you find something annoying, don't just ignore it. Look for a way to use it and maybe harness it for commercial application.

@CheeseTaterson 7 лет назад

A question I've always had regarding the safety of velcro in space: I'd think that, each time the velcro would be pulled apart, fibers from the soft end would get ripped apart and become airborne causing potential problems with equipment or the air. Or, would the fibers be so few in number that filtration systems would be able to whisk them away with minimal effort?

@coredumperror 7 лет назад

I've worked with the scientist who created those fish-inspired wind turbines! It's such cool tech!

@evilcatlady37 7 лет назад

god i love this channel

@chelseashurmantine8153 7 лет назад

The shark skin MRSA resistant surface is awesome!

@SlyPearTree 7 лет назад

Velcro is probably the greatest NASA invention not invented by NASA.

@xidarian 7 лет назад

Noctua computer fans use bumps on the blades that supposedly delay flow separation. not exactly like the whale ones but they are some of the quietest fans I've ever used for the amount of air they move. they also have serrated edges on the supports.

@rebelbeammasterx8472 7 лет назад

Could trehalose be used for "cryogenic" storage of humans for long space travel?

@Yotyrish 7 лет назад

Yes!! biomimicry is awesome and is always the best way for humans to design

@Dadikoe 7 лет назад

I live Michael's presenting skills. His voice is as smooth as a baby's bottom.

@llamafromspace 7 лет назад

"They lodge their complaints by dying" hehehe

@Wence42 6 лет назад

FYI, the soft side of Velcro is the hooks, the rough side is the loops.

@experimentsengineering2623 7 лет назад

No gecko tape? Quite honestly I'm shocked! IMO that should have been at the top of the list.

@claytongriffith8323 7 лет назад

I've been calling the plant from number 6 sticky bugs all my life.

@saurabhpardeshi8435 6 лет назад

Do more of this video

@martinkn.5161 7 лет назад

6:33 I have had a problem with dry jokes, I'll lodge a complaint by dying.

@thefox347 7 лет назад

I heard that the guy who invented the chainsaw was inspired by a type of worm that burrows into wood.

@GarrigKitten 7 лет назад

I always get the feeling that, one day, humanity will research and modify and improve our science so much that we will live in a world that looks completely untamed, but is entirely and completely technological. Then we'll die out, something newly intelligent will come along and start researching, and base their physics on what was originally high technology.

@jamespurks1694 7 лет назад

This was most interesting.

@alphi.2053 5 лет назад

When I was little the first time we brought my step sister up state into the wilderness she got one of those sticky burs on her and she thought it was an animal biting her so she screamed “it’s biting me” and my dad heard that and assumed it was a snake or something which lead to him busting his ass while running which was hilarious cause I just got to watch as everyone screamed over a plant 🤣

@origamikatakana 7 лет назад

Wow, that's preddy neat.

@craigmooring2091 7 лет назад

No.8 is the cover story, but the truth is that T'Paul's mom crashed on Earth and had to survive in secret until they were found and rescued. Meanwhile, she had become friends with a deserving boy who needed money college, and she sold the secret to the "inventor" to finance the kid's education after she left. I thought everybody knew that. ;^)

@alexcass2001 7 лет назад

+SciShow why does paper get all wavy and stuff when it gets wet btw love your vids

@jkm7983 7 лет назад

what is that phenomenon where the current of a river going the opposite direction the fish wants to go actually pulls him forward.

@DaakkuuYRS 7 лет назад

It is intersting how most of the things here are inspired by marine creators

@ewanduncan6592 4 года назад

That’s cool! 😎

@bencolbert6732 4 года назад

That's pretty cool.

@dimitar4y 7 лет назад

Lodge their complaints. By dying. Permanently. :'DD

@rosanoy 7 лет назад

lol the beginning of #5 is funny

@DirtMankee 7 лет назад

I love science!

@Qui-9 3 года назад

"Sticking people back together" 😂

@Bird_Dog00 7 лет назад

"making fans quieter" The only way to acompish that is by surgicaly removing their vocal cords...

@MrBlitzpunk 7 лет назад

ouch the mosquito-inspired needle illustration made it look scarier than the normal needle :(

@baronfrazworth8433 7 лет назад

We have so much to learn from nature, which is why it is very important to protect it. That, along with us being dependent on it, of course.

@TJStellmach 7 лет назад

Nope, sharks are smooth. They are smooth as hell.

@jaives 7 лет назад

i thought velcro was secretly given to us by the Vulcans

@sheller153 7 лет назад

How do we make a less painful needle? Add saws and vibration that'll be less painful.

@brendan5825 7 лет назад

wouldn't serrated edges on a needle make it harder to get out? like a porcupines quill?

@ungureanubogdan2398 7 лет назад

Brendan Elliott the serrated edges already have a cleared path , and they don't go that deep

@kennethsizer6217 7 лет назад

barbed =/= serrated

@stabulouskoda834 7 лет назад

that glue would be great in battle

@harveycullen8432 7 лет назад

Can you do a video on GMO please

@oskarplaysroblox34 5 лет назад

my 7 year old sister got lost in this video, but I think it’s great!

@erikvaliulis1858 6 лет назад

This why I love biomimicry!!!

@gamereditor59ner22 7 лет назад

How fast does the needle vibrate? In addition, I have an idea.

@toastedbread3287 7 лет назад

#1 made me feel sick. I'll never look at Construction class the same way again.

@edgarchill4321 7 лет назад

wow thanks Bardock

@IamCrusaderRUS 7 лет назад

Wait, serrated needle? For real? How's that gonna make it less painful?

@Sol_Invictus_ 7 лет назад

IamCrusaderRUS science, that's why

@DannyOvox3 7 лет назад

IamCrusaderRUS so pain comes from contact to the epidermis, less contact (serrated) less painful. I know you're probably thinking "but hell, what about when it's pulled out?" Well, since this particular needle has the mechanism that vibrates on both serrated sides, giving path to a smooth needle which will have a free path going down, once the job is done, the serrated sides squeeze the needle and you avoid the serrated.

@andyshay1385 6 лет назад

I feel the actual bite every time.

@bigball6250 7 лет назад

I focking love nature

@kizofio 7 лет назад

CORAL!!

@deusvult6900 7 лет назад

Ah, I could really use a Humpback whale fin for my sick new gaming PC.

@clarkclements7204 7 лет назад

How about this one. People are imitating the structure of the brain to create powerful artificial intelligence.

@patrickmccurry1563 7 лет назад

I never itched from mosquito bites, during or after. Oregonian species may just be less likely to cause irritations.

@KKloeps 7 лет назад

So could I eat a bunch of trehalose then die and when I get buried and it rains I come back to life? I have questions and ideas

@malakaijaxen 7 лет назад

I have a friend that was recently released from prison after a 17 year stent. could you make a video for the best inventions on the last 17 years. thanx

@rayzorray4151 6 лет назад

I remeber my now wife and i getting back to nature wiv a summer romp. I ended up with 120 insect bites, she had 170, We never felt them at the time but had 2stayin 4a week,on the plus side we grew sooo close, thanks mosquitos . . Be Warned, we look back un laugh but at the time it was HELL.

@bunnyclause1858 7 лет назад

"making fans quieter" nah i want loud why else would i want a fan i cool me off i can not sleep without a fan

@samthompson390 7 лет назад

Isn't copper more affective at preventing bacteria building up???

@Ekolop 5 месяцев назад

Please buy!!!!

@LexieAssassin 7 лет назад

What I want to know is that I recently noticed that the back of my cat's head in the middle has a series of linear bumps. What's up with that? o.O?

@mybackhurts7020 7 лет назад

making cement creates that much carbon dioxide we definitely need less sidewalks

@TheOmegaXicor 7 лет назад

but the coral uses CO2 so we are helping them make more coral :P /jk

@windhelmguard5295 7 лет назад

what they are not telling you is that said cement actually absorbs carbon dioxide from the air as it dries. this is how it is produced: CaCO3 is heated up which produces CaO and Co2 as a result. when you mix this stuff with water the following reaction takes place: CaO + H2O react to Ca(OH)2 when that cement dries it absorbs carbon dioxide from the air to form basically the same stuff you started with. Ca(OH)2 + CO2 react to CaCO3 + H2O simply put the cement isn't the problem, the method used for heating it up, in part one of the process, is

@LillibitOfHere 7 лет назад

AJ Help Making sidewalks makes cities easier to walk, so people can drive cars less.

@bobbystrong6849 7 лет назад

i distinctly remember seeing another science video; it may have been scishow, it may have been d-news/seeker, that claimed concrete will absorb CO2.

@devlinG54 7 лет назад

good analysis i was thinking that radicalization of the co2 bond in future could lead to formation of CO molecules which is deadly, but now i am reconsidering that thought as the CO would be unstable and probably just react with another water molecule.