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Weekly dose of TED – Robert Full on engineering and evolution

Posted on March 18, 2011March 4, 2011 By Andrew Thaler
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We see so many powerful designs in nature, yet when we design our own structure we tend to build rigid, fixed, industrial beasts. What designs in nature inspire you? How do we break away from a culture of hard edges and inflexible machines?

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