From spider webs to elevators: leveraging biomimicry | Rene Polin & Daphne Fecheyr | TEDxCLE

Designer Rene Polin & PhD Candidate Daphne Fecheyr share their successful work in taking cues from the natural world to solve complex industrial design problems in their 2015 TEDxCLE talk.
René Polin has more than 20 years’ experience in product design and development. He is the president and founder of Balance Inc. - a full-service product innovation consulting firm in Cleveland, OH.
Daphne Fecheyr-Lippens biography includes a lot of bio. While getting her MS in Biotechnology she realized that she didn’t fit in as well as the rest of her classmates. For a long time she was looking for her passion, which she finally found after learning about Biomimicry. Now she realizes that she fits best within an interdisciplinary team, where she can bring a nature-centered perspective to solving problems. She is getting her PhD at The University of Arkon, the reason why she left her comfortable habitat of Ghent (Belgium). For her dissertation, which is sponsored by Parker Hannifin, she is learning from avian eggshells how to create novel UV-protective materials, and from hedgehogs how to absorb high impact forces. Together with the other fellows, she co-authors a blog germinature.com about anything related to Biomimicry.
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