A nice story!
Thanks
Julian
On 16 May 2013, at 16:02, Dayna Baumeister wrote:
> Peter Vukusic has shared an interesting example of how the a "retrospective" connection to biology can be useful to help spur scientists to consider looking there first. The duo from MIT that invented the high efficiency LEDs and registered a patent in 2001 on their development, used Bragg's reflectors and photonic crystals. Peter pointed out that the exact same technology had been around already for a million years in the African Swallowtail Butterfly, which also uses a Braggs reflector and a photonic crystal based approach. When I share stories of biomimicry- the intention is to inspire others to also consider this approach. I would never suggest the LED was based on the butterfly, but its nonetheless a powerful testament to the potential of what life has to teach us.
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