Xploration Nature Knows Best
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Xploration Nature Knows BestMarine biologist Danni Washington hosts this series that explains how nature has helped to inspire technology that people use on a daily basis. Some of the nature-inspired innovations include airplanes inspired by birds and helicopters that were influenced by dragonflies. The show also introduces viewers to people involved in creating innovations that are based on animals, including biologists who study the behavior of ants, architects designing "living buildings" and roboticists who are making their designs bigger and stronger based on animals.S2, EP5 "Sea Life Inspires Future Tech"Using squids to create a new kind of camera; tiny shrimp help scientists create bullet-proof armor; a suction cup inspired by an octopus; flying with drones.
S2, EP13 "Household Nature"A new type of glass inspired by spiders; a unique farm delivers produce at a lower cost than traditional farms.
S2, EP12 "Transportation"Amazing modes of transportation inspired by nature, including a robot on wheels patterned after sea urchins; shark skin provides the inspiration behind a new motorcycle.
S2, EP11 "Outer Space"How biomimicry is being used for space exploration; how the inchworm became the inspiration for the Mars rover; aircraft material inspired by sea sponges.
S2, EP10 "Medicine Inspired by Nature"A glue made from synthesized Mussel adhesive, a prototype for an artificial heart that is part spinach leaf, and a new form of cardiogram based on an ivy plant.
S2, EP9 "Mother Nature Takes on Climate Change"Scientists and inventors turn to nature to find ways to cope with a warming world; robotic mussels monitor the oceans; palm trees are models for wind turbines.
S2, EP8 "Budding Ideas"Different ways that plants and fungi are inspiring new inventions and technologies, like baby shoes made from mushrooms, and solar panels inspired by the sunflower.
S2, EP7 "Robots & Drones"A look at the latest robots inspired by nature.
S2, EP6 "Mother Nature Gets Fashionable"Boots inspired by the ostrich; clothing inspired by the squid; coral provides a unique way to keep plastic waste out of the oceans.
S2, EP4 "Bio-Hybrid"Danni Washington explores the world of bio-hybrid science.
S2, EP3 "Food Goes Green"With a little inspiration from Mother Nature, scientists are finding exciting new ways to grow and store food; microscopic bacteria can create organic fertilizer; 3-D ocean farming; refrigeration inspired by ants, elephants and kangaroos.
S2, EP2 "Whales"Host Danni Washington goes whale-watching and discovers the ways whales have inspired new inventions that help people ride bicycles and surfboards better and faster.
S2, EP1 "Mother Nature Tackles Sports"Mother Nature revamps some of our favorite sports; roller skates' reinvented wheels are inspired by how snakes and fish move; a workout mimics the physiology of little kids; a basic component in plants helps divers see more clearly underwater.
S1, EP13 "Designing Drones"Drones are all the rage, and, thanks to nature, they are doing things that humans never imagined were possible.
S1, EP12 "Muscles of Mimicry"Some of the world's strongest materials are naturally made, like the silk spiders use to make their webs.
S1, EP11 "Automated Animals"Robots' inventors look toward nature to see how animals can help them to do the things that humans cannot.
S1, EP10 "Studying the Swarms"Scientists study animals' swarm behavior to make better robots, collect things on other planets and make better autonomous cars.
S1, EP9 "Swimming With Sharks!"Sharks' skin is used to fight germs; sharks' senses help to build better robots; wetsuits make people nearly invisible to the ocean's top predators.
S1, EP8 "Mastering the Mimicry"Biomimicry: inventors look toward nature for inspiration.
S1, EP7 "The Wonders of the Whirlybird"Helicopters took a lot of their early inspiration from the dragonfly; a look at how the dragonfly and the wings of owls continue to inspire helicopters; how the maple seed has inspired unmanned aerial vehicles.
S1, EP6 "Sticky Science"A look at how nature has inspired inventions; Velcro was influenced by the sticky burrs of the burdock plant; robots that can scale walls; suction cups inspired by one sucky fish; an innovation based on the gecko.
S1, EP5 "The Power of Nature"Humans destroy the planet to create energy; finding ways to improve solar power, wind power and even kinetic power.
S1, EP4 "Under the Sea Inspiration"A reef that's full of life; an invention based on lobster eyes; becoming one with the fish by turning feet into fins; riding inside a vehicle based on sharks, whales and dolphins.
S1, EP3 "The Science of Safety"Fish help people to build better armor; woodpeckers help people to address concussions; a deadly creature saves lives by keeping planes in the sky during icy conditions.
S1, EP2 "Bio-Based Building"The Bullit Center living building mimics a tree; nature-based inventions change buildings.
S1, EP1 "Nature That's 'Plane' to See"Flying planes in tight formation to mimic the energy-efficient flight patterns of migrating birds; inventing wings that change their shape while in flight; jumping out of a plane to test an innovation based on the flying squirrel.
Marine biologist Danni Washington hosts this series that explains how nature has helped to inspire technology that people use on a daily basis. Some of the nature-inspired innovations include airplanes inspired by birds and helicopters that were influenced by dragonflies. The show also introduces viewers to people involved in creating innovations that are based on animals, including biologists who study the behavior of ants, architects designing "living buildings" and roboticists who are making their designs bigger and stronger based on animals.
Original Air Date: Sep 5, 2016
Genres: NatureTV Series
Rating: TVPG
Playback: HD
2 seasons available on demand (25 episodes)
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