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2011
Conference Paper
Title
A new approach to biomimetics and problem solving
Abstract
Nature represents an inexhaustible source of ideas for dealing with various technical issues such as energy saving, recognition mechanism or packaging. In order to support engineering teams having access to nature's huge potential of problem solving strategies, a comprehensive Engineering-Biology dictionary containing about 9 million records and a systematic approach to employ the tool have been developed. Both the tool and the systematic approach are used at Fraunhofer IAO to support project teams in the early phases of the innovation process to break down barriers of creativity and to expand the space of solution ideas.