Nature can be pretty cool.
It turns out that a lot of what we think humans "invented" was so "natural" that nature created it first.
For example, the British Planthopper has mechanical gears in its legs.
Or the fact that the T4 Bacteriophage looks like a lunar lander and has 20 sides.
via biology4u
Interestingly, some of man's greatest inventions are so innate that natural selection (or intelligent design) created them before we did.
Want another example?
Hospital-acquired infections are diseases caught due to organisms people are exposed to at a hospital (or other healthcare-related areas). They account for over 99,000 deaths a year.
Because of that, R&D worked extensively to find bacteria-killing surfaces …. It turns out Dragonflies have been doing it for centuries.
Research companies (and dragonflies) have used nano-textured surfaces to create a "bed of nails" that destroys bacteria by puncturing the cell wall.
If you like stuff like this, Check out this link on order vs. chaos.
There is always opportunity around you … You just have to know where to look.
