Chapter 1: Wisdom Learned from Animals

Hearing of dolphins and bats that communicate using ultrasound
Mimicry: Learning from Flying Birds
The super-powerful flight of a hummingbird that flies like a helicopter
The mysterious navigational abilities of migratory birds
Birds' Directional Abilities: Studying Quantum Physics
Learning aviation skills from the ancient reptile flying dragon
Tunnel engineers digging a tunnel without heavy equipment
An animal that predicts the arrival of a typhoon
Marine animals that detect tsunamis in advance
The Mystery of Animals That Know Before an Earthquake Occurs
Animals that know it will rain in advance
Two species of snakes with infrared detection capabilities
The biocomputer in the animal brain
Extrasensory vision of nocturnal animals
Research on imitating the sense of smell of animals
The deepest and longest diving mammal, the champion whale
The speed at which wet animals shake off water by shaking their bodies
An artificial material that heals wounds on its own, like animal skin
The art of color expressed by living things
Snow Life Skills Learned from Polar Bears

Chapter 2: The Wisdom of Aquatic Animals

Various new technologies that mimic sharks
High-speed navigation techniques learned from aquatic animals
Denticles on shark skin that reduce water resistance
Long-distance swimming champion baleen whale
A new type of electric eel that discharges the highest voltage
Discovered substance protects deep-sea fish from high water pressure
Fish that hunt for prey using electricity
The sense of smell of salmon returning to their home stream and an artificial olfactory device
The universal suction cup manufacturing technique learned from a small fish
Powerful natural adhesives from plants and animals
The Mystery of Geometric Engineering Discovered in Sea Urchin Shells
Kwon Pae-ryu is the best jeweler
A jellyfish robot that investigates life on coral islands
The golden ratio and Fibonacci numbers that make life beautiful
Artificial sponges are imitations of sponges

Chapter 3: The Wisdom of Insects, the Masters of Life on Earth

The Mystery of Bioluminescent Insects That Emit Chemical Light Without Heat
The Mysterious Navigation of Ants on their Way Home
Fibers tougher and stronger than steel made by spiders
The wings and muscles of the top aerobatic pilot, Paris
Dragonfly, the prince of the sky representing insects
Water skier, the champion of water skiing on water
New technologies to emulate from butterfly wings
The architecture of bees: building hexagonal apartments out of wax
Insect-paralyzing substance found in spider webs
Blood-sucking insects with the best infrared detection capabilities
The Mystery of Monarch Butterfly Navigation as It Moves Across Continents
New Aerodynamics Lessons from Butterfly Wings
The Stealth Mystery of the Glass Butterfly with Transparent Wings
Survival techniques of the beetle, a representative of the insect world
Magnesium minerals discovered in the exoskeleton of leaf-cutting ants
A small insect called a beetle, armed like a tank
Digestive enzymes of dung beetles that clean the excrement of herbivores
Cockroaches, insects that are hated but have many things to imitate
Natural Styrofoam Made by Animals: Bioform
The skill of an insect larva that jumps incredibly fast
A water bug walking upside down under the water
Various new technologies learned from insects
Where do insects get their great strength?

Chapter 4: The Survival Wisdom of Plants Creating a Green Earth

Research to mimic photosynthesis in plants
Research challenging artificial photosynthesis
Rubisco, the photosynthetic enzyme that turns the Earth into a green paradise
ATP, which provides living organisms with the energy to survive
Building Sturdy Structures: Learning from Living Things
The technology of plants to build tall and elegant structures
The mystery of natural pigments made by living things
The power and wisdom of plants that disperse their seeds widely
Plants that produce the highest quality perfumes
Velcro adhesive, a famous product of biomimetic engineering
Plant nanotechnology and plant robots for growing super plants
Phytoplankton that photosynthesize even in the Arctic night sea
Sunbot solar panels that look at the sun like sunflowers

Chapter 5: Microorganisms as Important Subjects of Mimicry Engineering

Successful production of artificial spider silk using bacteria
A new technology of the future that extracts minerals using microorganisms
The Mystery of Manganese-Eating Bacteria
Gold bacteria that create gold nuggets underground
Mining desert minerals using bacteria
Mining technology for copper-producing microorganisms
The Mystery of the Bioluminescent Marine Microorganism Noctiluca
Bacteria that decompose toxic cyanide compounds in mine wastewater
Bacteria used to make artificial snow at ski resorts
Research to make yeast into human food
Microorganisms that break down plastic and pollutants
The best cleaners for purifying the Earth are putrefactive bacteria.
Research on symbiotic growth of nitrogen-fixing bacteria from legumes with rice
The largest bacteria measuring 2 cm in length were discovered.
Microbial cells are hundreds of advanced chemical factories.
Therapeutic nanorobots that move like microbes into blood vessels

Chapter 6: The Wisdom of Living Things that Survive in Extreme Environments

Tardigrades, the strongest animals on Earth that live in extreme conditions
Cold-tolerance physiology of sea otters living in the Arctic Ocean
The wisdom of living things that don't freeze even in the bitter cold
Lifeforms from the Earth's early days that live in the deepest ocean floor
A lump of moss that moves and lives on a glacier
The Mystery of Lower Animals Awakening from 24,000 Years of Hibernation
Deep-sea creatures resembling aliens
Cacti's survival skills to withstand prolonged dryness

Chapter 7: Biomimetics: Learning from the Human Body

Robotics is the technology that imitates the human body.
Technology to protect humans learned from plants and animals
What Humans Can Learn from Animals About Hibernation
Biomimetic pharmaceuticals, for which the Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded
The Mystery of Murray's Law, Which Governs Blood Vessel Function
Evidence that humans also respond to the Earth's magnetism
The future of biomimetics in its infancy
There is not a single creature that is unnecessary.

Each individual's ability enriches the world.
Clues to invention from nature

No matter how rapidly science and technology advance, the task of making our world more convenient and healthier is constantly being presented.
This book selects and introduces key contents about what technologies humanity should learn from life forms on Earth.
As we turn the pages of the book, we are reminded of the value of life, something we have usually been indifferent to or forgotten.

If there is an animal that is overwhelmingly disliked more than liked, it would be the 'snake'.
The serpent, which first appears in Genesis and uses cunning tricks, is imprinted in the minds of many as a scary animal.
However, snakes have the remarkable ability to crawl silently with their long bodies completely attached to the ground.
They are good at swimming not only on land but also in water.
If we had a robot that could crawl and swim like a snake, it would be an excellent weapon of war.
Because it is easy to secretly send a bomb loaded with explosives to enemy lines or where terrorists are located.


This thought process is precisely what biomimetics is all about.
We can get endless new technologies and new product ideas from living things.
The same goes for invisible bacteria, a blade of grass, and even a single insect.
Even small and weak animals have the power to improve the world.
We just have to look closely at the creatures around us and discover their mysterious powers.
That's where the starting point for a new invention will be.