Biomimicry examples in
Electronics

Human retinal architecture inspires event-based vision sensors generating 1000x less data than conventional cameras whilst capturing motion and edges.

• ✿Inspired by: Human retina photoreceptor and ganglion cell arrays
• ⚡︎Function: Biological vision must extract behaviorally relevant information (motion, edges, predators) from high-resolution scenes whilst constraini...
• ▣Company: Prophesee
• ◉Where: Paris, France

Decorative and ambient lighting systems using bioluminescent microorganism culture inspired design principles.

• ✿Inspired by: Bioluminescent dinoflagellates and other microorganisms
• ⚡︎Function: Mimics bioluminescence for low-energy lighting.
• ▣Company: Teresa van Dongen, Ambio light
• ◉Where: USA

Dolphin echolocation processing inspires S2C acoustic modems achieving accurate underwater communication where conventional sonars fail.

• ✿Inspired by: Dolphin echolocation system
• ⚡︎Function: Dolphins must navigate and hunt in visually opaque water, identifying prey position, size, and material properties from acoustic reflecti...
• ▣Company: EvoLogics
• ◉Where: Berlin, Germany

Specialized smell sensor technology Figuring out how insects smell led to an amazing discovery—a set of specially made smell receptors that can be used to create highly sensitive biosensors. These sensors can detect and measure thousands of different compounds, the human nose can not.