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www.ted.com In this inspiring talk about recent developments in biomimicry, Janine Benyus provides heartening examples of ways in which nature is already influencing the products and systems we build.TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers are invited to give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes — including speakers such as Jill Bolte Taylor, Sir Ken Robinson, Hans Rosling, Al Gore and Arthur …
#1 by HarrisonsFord on May 2, 2010 - 5:15 am
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You cannot separate the consumer and manufacturing sector, or demand from supply, when talking about impacts of the commercial world. Both want and the fulfillment of it are issues to be addressed simultaneously, I think.
#2 by HoyPCn2tNmN on May 4, 2010 - 7:22 am
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I think I like the idea of biomimicry and it’s intention to reduce or even eliminate our dependence on our present technology, the only thing that cause the problem is when it comes to production, It is nice if producing this technology without creating any problem which is the main issue we are facing in our present day industry. The industry that is the main culprit of this environmental mess.
And are we ready for the changes? and who will decide? it’s not the consumer but the manufacturing sector.
#3 by citizenschallengeYT on May 7, 2010 - 3:00 pm
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I think BeachofDreams I think you are missing the underlying significance.
You recoil at “talk of deferring to nature”
Bud, you are a product of that nature!
Our healthy society & economy depends upon that healthy, generous, benign nature ~ Biosphere
You sound like youre still caught up in the
WE ARE THE CENTER OF CREATION faith-based fantasy.
(nothing but toil, trouble and doom in that direction)
Time for another Copernican revolution.
#4 by rafaelbaduy on May 9, 2010 - 7:24 pm
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does anyone know where I can find the tapescript for this video?
tks
#5 by BeachofDreams on May 10, 2010 - 11:01 pm
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Also, Benyus seems to forget that while current life forms are the latest products of evolution (or “R&D”), these products are very likely to go extinct sometime in the future (whether humans interfere or not). Their design is all well and good as long as it presents an advantage in its own ecological circumstances and context. Successes have been made through biomimicry, no doubt, but I really wish it wouldn’t be dressed in all the talk about deferring to nature as a whole.
#6 by BeachofDreams on May 13, 2010 - 2:08 am
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The main criticism I have about biomimicry is that you can, at any point, call any design biomimetic. Aeroplanes are thus examples, according to the method, of biomimicry because they fly and do what birds do.
Moreover, you can’t always take a solution found in one ecological context – say, giant lilypad structures – and apply it to something in a different context – floating cities, for instance.
And not only is there a problem of context but of scale. See the Biosphere 2 expm’t.
#7 by 12brzz on May 15, 2010 - 8:11 pm
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I think This woman is a yank spoon. great content though
#8 by chuckinator0 on May 18, 2010 - 7:02 pm
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Great ideas here. I also strongly agree with Boolze
#9 by Boolze on May 20, 2010 - 7:21 pm
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Sustainability? People, nominate Jacque Fresco for TED Talks!
thevenusproject (dot) com/jacque-fresco/resume
To nominate a candidate, email:
fellows @ ted (dot) com
#10 by joelito101 on May 22, 2010 - 6:37 am
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I think I love it, we make our own Eden. I really hope this wakes people up to the solutions in front of us.
Namaste to you all!
#11 by Againstthestream08 on May 22, 2010 - 2:26 pm
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Brilliant Lecture. It is about time we start focusing on being in harmony with nature instead of trying to conquer it. Wow, this video was very inspiring.
#12 by BigBrotherGrim on May 23, 2010 - 3:57 pm
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I think So this is where all the smart people of youtube show up haha
#13 by intelliGENeration on May 26, 2010 - 9:39 am
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I think What worked was what did not NOT work.
It’s either A or B. If not A, then B!
There was no arrival, no other explanation. “Arravial”, “explanation”, and “work” are all words of your imperfect imagination.
#14 by intelliGENeration on May 26, 2010 - 11:46 pm
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It doesn’t make sense, but it’s more convenient for apes.
#15 by SHarchitectureVegas on May 29, 2010 - 8:25 pm
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Great Lecture! Thank you!
#16 by rockersdrinkbelte on June 1, 2010 - 10:41 pm
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I think We designers from BUE MUSCHIATO DESIGN are with you!
Excellent ideas!
#17 by Maddin667 on June 4, 2010 - 7:51 am
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you are not able to proof the existance of god like this.. it is impossible.
just as impossible as proofing that god does not exist…
the only thing we can do is explaining things, the church claimes as godmade wonders on a logical way.
I don’t belive in god because the evidence is quite rare… but that does not mean god doesn’t exist. so why don’t you just believe and let us believe?
#18 by therriendesign on June 5, 2010 - 10:12 pm
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I think I’m not sure, but maybe it has to do with getting Director status.
I’ve watched many videos that are almost 2 hours long.
#19 by oggleman on June 9, 2010 - 3:11 am
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Yes good point, because it makes much more sense to postulate an intelligent designer behind it all who for some odd reason does not require a designer himself.
#20 by drunkspillage on June 9, 2010 - 7:58 am
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Amazing lecture! But, can anyone tell me how this video is 23.59 minutes long, when Youtube has a ten minute video maximum?
#21 by ozredneck22 on June 12, 2010 - 1:53 pm
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True. But that doesn’t explain the arrival of of what did “work” in the first place.
#22 by autonamous1 on June 12, 2010 - 4:46 pm
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I think The environment designs by destroying everything that doesn’t “work.”
#23 by ozredneck22 on June 13, 2010 - 12:54 pm
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Nothing in Biomimetics makes sense, except in the light of DESIGN, and design requires a designer. Information and meaning can only be created, since matter does not contain the information in itself, God be praised.
#24 by KDIZ930 on June 14, 2010 - 8:12 am
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I think this is crazy awesome.
#25 by Illumatrix2 on June 14, 2010 - 9:37 pm
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Warning
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