Bioinspired Innovation

Praise for Tapping into Nature from Paul Hawken

 |  Praise for Tapping into Nature: I feel that what Terrapin is doing is what might be called an inversion. Modernity made nature mechanical and industrial wherever it could, our farms forests and oceans to be sure. What you are talking about is turning industrialism into nature. It is more than tapping into something, it is […] — Read More

Tapping into Nature Launch Event Recap

 |  Learn more about our bioinspired innovation work and services by emailing us at [email protected] and reading our report, Tapping into Nature. Follow the conversation on twitter: @TerrapinBG | #TapNature. We were delighted to see over a 100 passionate professionals and students come to celebrate the launch of Tapping into Nature, Terrapin’s newest publication about bioinspired […] — Read More

Chris Garvin to Speak at the Babson Energy & Environmental Conference

 |  Our own Chris Garvin will be speaking at the 9th Annual Babson Energy & Environmental Conference on April 9th at Babson College in Babson Park, MA. Chris will be co-presenting the session “The Nature of Business” with Vince Siciliano, President and CEO of New Resource Bank. They will focus their discussion on looking to nature to solve challenges […] — Read More

Terrapin Hires Architect and Biologist Allison Bernett

 |  We are pleased to welcome a new member to our team, Allison Bernett. Allison recently graduated summa cum laude from Washington University in St. Louis, where she double majored in architecture and biology.  As such, Allison is particularly interested in biophilia and bioinspired innovation within architecture. Allison will be primarily supporting our bioinspired innovation efforts and […] — Read More

Biomimicry and Photonics

 |  Organisms employ an array of strategies to generate, detect, absorb, scatter, and otherwise process light. Researchers in optics and photonics are studying these strategies and increasingly use them as blueprints in the development of advanced sensing and imaging devices. — Read More