MBA#03 Prof Ille Gebeshuber, take time to look deep into nature to see the innovative solutions it has created. Nature is our teacher

Masters of Beautiful Achievements

Welcome to the Masters of Beautiful Achievements Academy . In each episode Alexander Prinsen interviews Guests about how solutions, “Inspired by Nature”, can provide sustainable opportunities for our future challenges. Since 2013 Alexander Prinsen is globally researching sustainable business models and innovations. In today's Episode Alexander Prinsen interviews Prof. Ille Gebeshuber about Biomimetics. About Prof. Ille Gebeshuber http://www.iap.tuwien.ac.at/~gebeshuber/CV_ICG.HTML A physicist in the rainforest | Ille Gebeshuber | TEDxKL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8wcfY129eQ 1:45 Biomimatics: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biomimetics 3:00 Pesticides Chemical vs Biology | the wax crystal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epicuticular_wax https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00339-010-5794-x http://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/19/9/13614/htm 5:10 Material vs Structure (forms and functionalities) Cheap and easy materials for constructing forms and amazing functionalities 06:30 Dragonfly anti bacterial skin https://phys.org/news/2018-03-dragonfly-inspired-nano-coating-bacteria-contact.html 07:30 Lotus leaf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Barthlott https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5331180/\ 09:00 Good property transfer of nature. Nature always combines functionalities, so when transferring the technology this needs to be taken into account 10:16 Ethics in Engineering Challenge is to combine Biology with Technology/Engineering for broad range of applications. Living nature 11:00 Tribiology – Systems Science of interacting surfaces in relative motion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribology 11:55 Lungs lubricants, Alveoli: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulmonary_alveolus 13:50 Diatoms https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diatom https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1365-2818.2003.01275.x http://www.iap.tuwien.ac.at/~gebeshuber/GEBESHUBER_DIATOM_TRIBOLOGY.PDF 14:40 Biomineralization https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biomineralization 16:10 Diatoms applications Paint Dynamite (diatoms + natural Glycerin) Filters : Beer & Apply Juice Solar : Optical surface functionalities, light focusing devices: for instance http://swedishalgaefactory.com/lab/solar-efficiency/ 18:00 Diatoms responsible 50% global oxygen production 18:50 Tedtalk Ille - A physicist in the rainforest | Ille Gebeshuber | TEDxKL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8wcfY129eQ 21:26 Spider Silk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider_silk https://www.wired.com/2012/02/spider-web-strength/ web.mit.edu/3.064/www/slides/Ko_spider_silk.pdf 22:00 How do animals produce eggs made from Calcium Carbonate 24:20 Bio-inspired learnings 26:20 Mathematics and Biology – are closer linked than you would image Nature is precise on a nano structural level fascinates mathematics for a long time 28:40 Multidisciplinary teams for innovation 30:00 recommendations Go out into Nature and watch what is going on