Pulse:HowNatureisInspiringtheTechnologyofthe21stCentury

Bridgesmadewithspidersilk;shipsthatswimlikefish;rubberassuppleasadragonfly'swing...innovationsliketheseareattheforefrontoftheconceptof'thenewbiology'.Awayofusingnatureasamodelforhumandesigns,thenewbiologyisagrowingforceinmanydifferentfields,andwillhaveenormousimpactonthedevelopmentofthetwenty-firstcentury.CompanieslikeIBM,VolvoandAT&Tarealreadyexploringhowwecanlearnfromandusepropertiesthatexistinnature,andhowtoimprovecost-efficiencybyusingconceptslike'designfordisassembly',wherebyeachcomponentofaproductcanberecycledattheendoftheproduct'snaturallife.Wasteproducts,too,areincreasinglybeingusedasrawmaterials,sooneindustry'srubbishisanother'spower.Creating'industrialecologies'liketheseliesattheheartofthenewbiology:anewwayofthinkingforanewmillennium.Theessentialintroductiontothisidea,PULSEisafascinatinglookathowwemightbelivinginthetwenty-firstcentury.