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What Is Biomimicry? Biomimicry or biomietics is the examination of nature, its models, systems, processes, and elements to emulate or take inspiration from in order to solve human problems.

Jay Harman froze a whirlpool to clean water or air

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Nature likes spirals, from galaxies to shells. Jay Harmon used a natural spiral to design a “frozen whirlpool” for keeping water tanks clean without chemicals.

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What Is Biomimicry? Biomimicry or biomietics is the examination of nature, its models, systems, processes, and elements to emulate or take inspiration from in order to solve human problems.

Jay Harman froze a whirlpool to clean water or air

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