Born to be Wild’s wild adventurer Kiko Rustia features “Bio-Design” wherein people acquire inspiration from nature to live comfortably, develop equipments. Though sometimes we choose disregard the environment for progress and modernity. We still owe a lot of man’s modern technology to the environment.
One of the nature’s inspirations is the termite mound. Engineers and architects take inspiration from it on how they build higher structures. Designers are also studying how they maintain the mounds temperature day and night. Another of these inspirations is the shark’s skin. An Italian wet suit manufacturer took inspiration from the shark’s skin on how the shark easily swims with any direction of water. Another is the humpback whales’ tubercles, a lump on their flippers that help them bring afloat in the water while spinning in the air despite their weight. Wind turbines get their idea from these tubercles that help in getting more energy from the wind. Solar energy also got its inspiration from nature through photosynthesis in which plants get energy from the sun to live. In addition, the spider silk is another inspiration from nature in building thinner and stronger cables for longer and also stronger suspension bridges. Furthermore, another of nature’s inspiration is the flying lemur. It is the animal that has the ability to glide, and because of this, man got the idea to design planes and gliders.
Bio-Design is sustainable. The more we preserve and protect it, the more inspiration we get from it so we’ll live comfortably.
