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Xploration Nature Knows Best
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.
Xploration Nature Knows Best
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.
Xploration Nature Knows Best
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.
Xploration Nature Knows Best
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.
Xploration Nature Knows Best
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.
Xploration Nature Knows Best
S2, EP13 "Household Nature"A new type of glass inspired by spiders; a unique farm delivers produce at a lower cost than traditional farms.
Xploration Nature Knows Best
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.
Xploration Nature Knows Best
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.
Xploration Nature Knows Best
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.
