Biology offers billions of potential engineering solutions. The trick is to know how to make use of them. That's where the problem-solving technique called Triz comes into play. Our relationship with the natural world is hardly one of mutual understanding. The juggernaut of technology and industry is rarely halted because of environmental concerns, and our desire to pillage the earth for its resources is seemingly insatiable. But, according to a growing number of engineers, there is a natural resource left yet to be exploited - a resource that holds the key to sustaining our existence on dear old mother earth for many a millennia to come.
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