The presentation that my team - Alice, Suman and myself made at the end of bio mimicry module held by Ms. Seema Anand at NID, Bangalore for DDE 13 batch from June June 9, 2014 to June 13, 2014.

1. Biomimicry
Final Presentation
June13, 2014
Alice, Nambirajan,Suman

2. Giant Water Lily

3. Features
AmazonRiver – Large Leaf – Large flowers

4. Strategy
1) Leaves aregreenon the top and
red onthe bottom

5. Function
1) To absorb light of different wavelength

6. 2) Attract pollinators with a fruity scent
Strategy

7. Function
2) Attract pollinators with a fruity scent

8. Lifecycle
Lifecycle of a Giant WaterLily flower
Day 1
White flower
attracts beetle;
Traps beetle
Day 2
Colourchanges
To Pink; beetle is released
Day 3
Pink flower droops and falls

9. Strategy
3) Trapping the pollinator beetle
inside it for a day

10. Strategy
Beetle trapped inside the flower of
Giant WaterLily.

11. Function
3) Ensure pollen grains are
transferred for pollination

12. Strategy - Function
4) Strategy –Occupymaximum surface
of the water body
Function –To get maximum sunlight
Mechanism –Using a large leaf

13. Strategy - Function
5) Strategy –Protect leaf from fish by
thorns on the underside
Function –To protect itself from fish

14. Strategy
6) Air filled girder-like structures on
the underside of the leaf.

15. Strategy
Web like air filled petiole, quadrangular
chamber formation.

16. Strategy

17. Function
6) To providesupport for the
large surface area of the leaf.

18. Life Principles
1) Use readilyavailablematerialsandenergy
Using air filled petioles for support
2) Fit formto function
Large leaves to capturemaximumsunlight
3) Replicatestrategiesthatwork
Trapping thebeetle inside theflower for a day

19. Life Principles
1) Cultivate cooperative relationships
- With Scarabbeetle, beetle gets nectar, flower gets pollinated
2) Use low energyprocesses
3) Reshuffle information
-During cross pollination
4) Break down products into benign constituents
5) Do chemistry in water

20. Design Principle
Using air filled web like network for
Structural rigidity.
Applications
1) Infogcollectors
2) InTemporaryshadeproviders
3) Infloodrecovery

21. Applications
1) In fog collectors
2) In Temporary shade providers
3) In flood recovery

22. 1) Can beused as temporary shelter providers;
Also can be used as fog collectors.
Advantage: Light weight, Quick to deploy
Application

23. Used for buoyancy in floody regions
Application

24. Could be used during disaster management
Application