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Practical Biomimetics - a system for invention

Heriot-Watt University
  • Why?
  • Solving Problems
    • The Trade-off
    • A Real Trade-off
    • A Taxonomy of Trade-offs
    • The 39 Parameters
    • Illustrations of two Parameters
    • The 40 Inventive Principles
    • Illustrations of two Principles
    • A biological trade-off
    • Information to Knowledge
    • The BioMimetic Ontology (BMO)
    • A Case Study
    •  Can you Help?
    • References
  • Essays
    • The First Biomimetic Material
    • Survival of the Cheapest
    • A STAR is Born
    • Digging up the Past
    • A Woodpecker Hammer

The 40 Inventive Principles

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