Reciprocal Biomimicry Initiative

The latest from artist Jonathon Keats. He calls it the Reciprocal Biomimicry Initiative. The idea is to use human technologies to give a helping hand to various organisms stressed by environmental change, as a thank you for all the good ideas engineers have borrowed from the natural world over the years.

The exhibit is on display at Bucknell University's Samek Art Museum from March 7 to June 4.

More info: Samek Art Museum

Sex Toys for Flowers: Micro-vibrators provide titillation for flowers that have to be artificially pollinated as honeybee populations are decimated.

Urban Camouflage for Reptiles: Camouflage designed by the military for urban combat allows reptiles to elude detection in cities as urbanization overtakes their natural habitats.

Aqua Lungs for Sea Snails: A life support system allows sea snails to migrate to land when ocean acidification imperils their shells... This conceptual model shows the valves used to maintain the required microenvironment inside the snail’s shell.

Previous WU posts about Keats:

• The Universal Colorblindness Test
• Marriage via quantum entanglement
• Business School for Bacteria
• Century Camera
• Time Management
• The Art of Jonathon Keats