Biomimicry: Nature as a Great Source of Inspiration
It might be an insult to you if I assume you don’t know that streamline design makes high speed object moving faster and more efficient. However, this “common sense” was indeed a novel discovery 30 years ago. In 1989, when Japan’s high speed train Shinkansen reached a bottleneck that it produced huge sonic bomb when coming out from a tunnel, the chief engineer, who happened to be a bird watcher, studied the kingfisher (a bird who prey on fishes) and took its sharp beak shape to the Shinkansen. This resulted in 10% faster speed, 50% less electricity usage, and the noise was less than 70 dBA.
While many engineers and scientists become inspired by the “shape” of natural beings, many are learning the “process” of them. Take ants for example, some people take the way ants communicate to self-driving cars, and make cars coordinate with each other better. Others take the way worker ants protect the queen ant to cyber security system, and make it more effective and efficient to combat virus and attacks.
Data scientists are meant to solve problems, not just dealing data. While burrying our heads into data might find some insights, many solutions might already be “posted” in the nature, around us. We just need to look for it.
Reference:
The World Is Poorly Designed. But Copying Nature Helps.voxdotcom — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMtXqTmfta0&t=321s
Cybersecurity Teams Can Tackle Malware By Imitating Antshttps://www.meritalk.com/articles/cybersecurity-teams-can-tackle-malware-by-imitating-ants/
