Just as we imitated birds and dreamed of flying and invented airplanes, this admiration for nature continues to be reflected in our other inventions at every opportunity.
1. High Speed Train and Herons
The engineer named Eiji Nakatsu, who designed Japan 's high-speed trains, noticed the method in heron birds so that the train could go faster and applied it to the high-speed train. It has been determined that the beaks of these birds, which can dive vertically from the sky into the water very quickly, increase the speed. It is known that Eiji Nakatsu is also an ornithology expert.
2. Helicopter and Dragonfly
When we first see a dragonfly, it is impossible not to notice how similar it looks to a helicopter. Even though we call it the helicopter bug in the local language, it existed before helicopters. Helicopter companies have adapted the dragonfly to their designs with its flight style and balance system.
3. Robotics and Insects
Today, rapidly developing robotic technology mostly focuses on examining the systems of insects and adapting them to electronic systems. Robots the size of an ant or a fly can now be made. Robots that can fly like flies , enter any place like ants, and walk on the ceiling like spiders can now be made, and important industrial organizations of developed countries attach great importance to these studies.
4. Concorde ve Yunus
The British - French co-produced Concorde aircraft, which managed to exceed the speed of sound, made its first flight attempt in 1969. The dolphin's nose part was effective in its design, the reason for this was that it reduced the friction of the air on the outer surface. Inspired by this feature of dolphins, whose tail fins act as engines on the surface of the water, engineers placed Concorde's engines at the back. Production of these aircraft stopped in 2003.
5. Velcro Tape and Burdock
6. Sonar and Dolphin
Dolphins, which can emit sound waves with 200 thousand vibrations per second, can know the speed, size and shape of objects on their route thanks to these features. The sonar system was also invented based on the same principle.
7. Ship Prow and Dolphin
Taking the nasal protrusion of dolphins as an example, designers determined that dolphins cut through the water better, and this method was also applied to ships. This also provides significant energy savings.
8. Aerospace Plane and Catfish
Mc Donald Douglas's 'Orient Express' model, which can fly faster than sound, has managed to minimize the air resistance it encounters while flying, based on the hydrodynamically suitable shape of the catfish .
9. Radar and the Bat
The vibrations emitted by bats, which have a weak vision capacity, hit obstacles and bounce back, and by this method they determine their movement style. The way the radar works is also based on the same system.
10. Munich Olympic Stadium and Dragonfly Wings
11. Airplane Wings and Dragonfly
When the first airplanes were being built, engineers made the tips of the airplane wings heavier to prevent the vibrations caused by air currents from damaging the airplane . The cells on the dragonfly's wings also condense and see the same system.
12. Submarines and Nautilus
When a sea creature called Nautilus wants to dive into water, it fills the hollow chambers in its body with water. When it wants to rise to the surface, it pumps a special gas it produces into these diving cells and allows the water to drain. Diving rooms are built in submarines , just like the Nautilus , and water engines are used to discharge the water taken in.
13. Telescopes and Beecombs
Telescopes use hexagonal mirrors to better capture the light from celestial objects. This shape ensures a wide field of view, high quality and a strong overall structure. Just like their honeycombs, the eyes of bees are made of hexagons, and bees and their honeycombs have been used in studies. The world's largest telescope, which will be built in the Atacama Desert in Chile in 2024, will be built using the same method.
14. Swim Fins and Whales
Whales have double chambers and a wide tail. The fins connecting the two feet allow the swimmer to swim by curling up and down in the water like a whale . This is the ideal style for fast diving.
15. Snowshoes and Rabbit's Feet
16. Lotus Plant and Exterior Covering Material
from the University of Bonn. Wilhelm Barthlott, in his examinations under the microscope, noticed that the leaves that required the least cleaning had the roughest surfaces. Dr. Barthlott found that on the cleanest of these, the Lotus plant, there were tiny dots like a bed of nails. When a speck of dust or dirt falls on the leaf, it sways imperceptibly from side to side on these points. When a drop of water rolls over these tiny spots, it washes away the loosely attached dirt. The plant has a self-cleaning leaf. This feature of the plant inspired researchers and an exterior material called LOTUSAN, which is guaranteed to keep it clean for 5 years, was produced.
17. Solar Panels and Sunflowers
Three students from MIT conducted a research on solar panels installed to benefit from solar energy. The aim is to obtain more energy with these panels. For this purpose, they choose the most beautiful material from nature, Sunflower. They continued their research to create a similar structure in solar energy panels, like this plant, which stands at the best angle to receive the Sun all day long . Particles that can detect the Sun have been placed in these panels, with the idea that while a flower can do this, why can't a steerable solar panel do this? The only thing this mechanism does is to determine the direction by understanding the temperature difference between sunny and shaded parts. These parts do not require any electrical power or resources. Thanks to this completely passive system, the amount of energy obtained has increased.
18. Jet Planes and Squids
A jet engine sucks air in from one end and releases it out at great speed from the other end. The air coming out of the engine exhausts at high speed is sprayed towards the ground through special channels. With this system, Hamier aircraft can take off and land vertically. Cuttlefish have two pocket-like openings. The water taken from these openings is taken into a flexible bag made of strong muscles. By contracting the muscles through the channel opening towards the back of the bag, the water in the bag is expelled from the channel at great speed and it can reach speeds of up to 32 km in order to escape from enemies.
19. Mercedes' Auto Control System and Chickens
Mercedes benefited from the automatic control system of chickens. Inspired by the regular rhythmic movement of chickens' heads, Mercedes introduced this feature with a popular commercial.
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