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Julian, it wasn't supposed to be a real joke...to be a biomimetic joke the Shinkansen would have to say something about its natural inspiration, not the other way around. That said, at https://www.birdfan.net/fun/etc/shinkansen/ the original design leader of the 500 series Shinkansen goes into great detail about his design process and inspiration. ==== Acceptance of this as a joke (sorry - I didn’t laugh . . . ) depends on whether you can believe that the shape of the kingfisher’s beak has anything to do with the shape of the front of a shinkansen. Since I think that this is a totally made-up story (I can find no documentary evidence - the work on model shinkansens was done in the 1990s) then the simile loses its impact (now THAT is a joke!). Julian On 8 Jan 2019, at 15:56, Manfred Drack <[log in to unmask]> wrote: Thank you! I consider this the first biomimetics joke (I know). Am 08.01.19 um 14:27 schrieb Eileen Stephens: Here, I just made one up for you. What did the kingsfisher’s prey say to the kingfisher? You hit me like a bullet train. Baaaaahahahaha On Jan 8, 2019, at 8:17 AM, Manfred Drack <[log in to unmask]> wrote: Dear All, I just wanted to conclude on the joke question: So far there are no biomimetics jokes (in a narrow sense) known. However, I will motivate students and others to come up with the FIRST one. Kind regards, Manfred Am 28.12.18 um 11:49 schrieb Fritz Vollrath: ho ho ho and a happy new year to all using evolving bio-inspired materials that hopefully last longer than a season Fritz On 27 Dec 2018, at 16:28, Julian Vincent <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: Two problems . . . I make jokes during my lectures but I can never remember them afterwards (typical of improvisation) and . . . It’s always difficult to make jokes about something you take seriously. Moral I should listen to myself and not take it seriously . . . Actually the title of one of my papers is a bit of a joke - or at least a play on words: “Survival of the cheapest”. Not a belly-laugh, though. And a paper on the feeding behaviour of grass carp was sent back with the request that I give it a better title, so I gave it the silliest one I could think of, which (surprisingly) was accepted: “How the grass carp chooses and chews its food - some clues”. Julian On 27 Dec 2018, at 15:56, Manfred Drack <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: Dear All, I wonder if there are any biomimetics jokes around? I know none, but please help me out on that matter if you can. This question is not a joke. Many scientific disciplines have their one jokes. Some jokes even compare various disciplines. The precondition for good jokes (that are really witty) is, that a level of reflection is reached that goes beyond conventional science conversation; considering things from a fresh point of view. Jokes are so serious that even Sigmund Freud wrote a book about them. Kind regards, Manfred ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the BIOMIMETICS list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=BIOMIMETICS&A=1 ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the BIOMIMETICS list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=BIOMIMETICS&A=1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from the BIOMIMETICS list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=BIOMIMETICS&A=1 ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the BIOMIMETICS list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=BIOMIMETICS&A=1 ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the BIOMIMETICS list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=BIOMIMETICS&A=1 ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the BIOMIMETICS list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=BIOMIMETICS&A=1 ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the BIOMIMETICS list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=BIOMIMETICS&A=1 ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the BIOMIMETICS list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=BIOMIMETICS&A=1