A bio-inspired design for sustainable, beautifying, exterior building maintenance.

1. BioCreativity We’re Creative! What’s up? By: Angela, Mansi, Matt, & Mario

2. Inspiration from Nature #1 Hissing Cockroach Mites Commensalism with cockroaches Live on the cockroach and take food Provide no benefit to cockroaches Concentrated around legs Androlaelapsschaeferi Madagascar Hissing Cockroach

4. How Animals Make Light

5. Luciferin: light-producing substance

6. Luciferase : enzyme,catalyzes the reaction

7. Requires energy: oxygen or adenosine triphosphate (ATP).

8. Byproducts: water and oxyluciferin.

9. Some animals: make own luciferin-luciferase light reaction

10. Others use bacteria creating a symbiotic relationship.Vibrio fischeri A 15,000-square-kilometer milky sea off the coast of Africa, discovered in 2005, was visible from space.

11. Inspiration from Science Nanobots Robots on the scale of 10-9 meters Designed to perform small tasks Detection of particles Clean-upof chemicals Delivering medicine in the body Designed to work in swarms Research still in early stages

12. Inspiration from the Everyday Building Maintenance 2009: 147 people died in U.S. performing maintenance Expensive: $121,000 daily to maintain the Jin Mao Tower (Shanghai) Turning to tech: 6 robots clean Sears Tower windows

13. Creative Juxtaposition

14. LuminoCITY Imagine: Nano-scale robots Process particles for energy Bioluminescent at night Programmed to clean large building exteriors

15. LuminoCITY Challenges: Controlling bioluminescence Nanotech research Durability Benefits: Automated maintenance Self-sustained Scalable solution Create a sparkling skyline

16. Resources Hissing Mites http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madagascar_hissing_cockroach http://pacscilife.blogspot.com/2009/08/hisser-mites.html Bioluminescence http://deputy-dog.com/2008/07/6-of-most-illuminated-buildings-on.html http://animals.howstuffworks.com/animal-facts/bioluminescence.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bioluminescence Nanotechnology http://www.howstuffworks.com/nanotechnology.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanotechnology Building Maintenance http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cfoi.nr0.htm http://app1.chinadaily.com.cn/star/2003/0220/fo5-1.html http://www.theskydeck.com/for-kids/fun-facts