Good Idea: Nature-Inspired Bioprinting

https://techxplore.com/news/2025-11-repurpose-mosquito-proboscis-3d-nozzle.html

Researchers at McGill University have created a biodegradable, ultra-fine 3D printing nozzle by repurposing the proboscis of a female mosquito, achieving higher resolution and lower cost than traditional metal or plastic tips. This innovative "bio-nozzle" enables precise printing of bioscaffolds and microstructures, paving the way for sustainable manufacturing and biomedical applications by leveraging natural materials for advanced engineering solutions.
#bioprinting #sustainability #innovation #naturetech #3dprinting

🌴💻🌊NatureWare #01: Night Swimming by André Sier, 20251102,03 🌿

What if algorithms could swim? Green lasers, full moon, Atlantic waves breeze — generative night swimming physics projected on cliff and sea. We took our code to the beach 🌊Full moon up. Lasers out. Generative humanoids bathing like underwater ghosts — physics, chaos, oceanic beauty in ondulatory motion.

Night Swimming by André Sier launches NatureWare, a new cycle of live electronic arts in wild nature, produced by artecodigo.pt. No gallery. No screens. Just sound, light, code, electronics and electromagnetic waves talking to nature and natureware talking back.

⚙️ Tech Data
Laser mapping projection by ArteCódigo
Physics-based stochastics swimming software: C++/Python custom engine by André Sier
Sound: synaesthetic image to field recordings, laser control protocol, oceanic layers
Location: Portugal southern coast
Cycle: NatureWare #01 — ArteCódigo 2025

#NatureWare #artecodigo #NightSwimming #andresier #electronicart #digitalart #generativeart #laserart #mediaart #artinnature #techart #audiovisual #interactiveart #futureart #artinstallation #naturetech #naturewear

In Japan, a forward-thinking startup is reimagining construction with nature at its core. They've developed what they call “smart moss bricks” — living building materials embedded with active moss layers that do far more than just hold up a wall. These bricks are engineered to absorb urban air pollutants, generate fresh oxygen, and naturally reduce surrounding temperatures, all without using a single watt of electricity.

Each brick contains a specialized moss species housed within a porous, moisture-retaining core. The design allows the moss to thrive even in dry city conditions, drawing humidity from the air and capturing particulate matter as it breathes. This living layer turns walls into vertical gardens — but instead of needing extra space, it’s built right into the structure.

As urban heat rises and pollution worsens, these smart bricks offer passive cooling — the moss evaporates moisture during the day, which cools surrounding air like natural air conditioning. On top of that, the photosynthesis process purifies air and releases oxygen, improving overall air quality in dense neighborhoods.

Ideal for eco-buildings, schools, and public housing, these bricks could turn entire city blocks into breathing, living architecture. Japan’s smart moss bricks represent a fusion of biotechnology and sustainable design, where each wall becomes a silent environmental ally — scrubbing the air and soothing the heat, brick by living brick.

Green architecture & design
#LivingArchitecture #EcoBuilding #SustainableDesign #GreenConstruction #UrbanGreening

Technology & innovation
#SmartMossBricks #Biotechnology #CleanTech #NatureTech #BioInnovation

Environmental impact
#AirPurification #UrbanCooling #ClimateAction #PollutionSolutions #CarbonReduction

A truly captivating close-up: a delicate hummingbird poised over an exotic, glowing flower. 🌺 The intricate feather details and iridescent colors are rendered with hyperrealistic precision, bathed in natural light. Curious about the prompt behind this stunning wildlife capture?

Find it here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/hyperrealistic-132489003

#Hummingbird #WildlifeArt #GlowingFlower #AIPhotography #Hyperrealism #DigitalArt #NatureTech #Vibrant #CloseUp #BirdArt

Merlin Bird ID

https://merlin.allaboutbirds.org/

#HackerNews #Merlin #Bird #ID #BirdWatching #BirdIdentification #NatureTech #BirdApp

OnlineFirst - "Assembling authority to govern for nature: Nature tech coming to save nature-based solutions?" by Anouk Fransen and Harriet Bulkeley:

#naturebasedsolutions #naturetech #authority

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/25148486251343801