Tomorrow: Popular Front, Biomimicry Update, never eat old condiments, midterms and vote

Hello Everyone.

1)  Tomorrow I will meet you at Popular Front:   12:30 (section C)  3:25 (section B)
http://www.popularfront.com/
Popular Front

555 First Ave. NE
Minneapolis, MN 55413

phone: 612-362-0900

(My Cell - 612-26-6105)


2)  For those of you who have posted your biomimicry examples - these are some of the best posts yet!  Don't worry if you haven't gotten yours posted yet - you have time because I just made it part of this week's homework as well. 

Choose a problem you'd like to solve, and find or imagine an example of biomimicry as the solution.

thank you to section B for letting me finish the lecture (in the dark).
For those of you needing a re-view, you can find the lecture on the blog:
http://oad-fall2010-sectb-and-c-allan.blogspot.com/2010/10/slide-lecture-given-about-biomimicry.html

Links and resources are listed on the last slide, but here they are as hyperlinks
and some new ones:

New:
Bee's are faster than super computers -->   http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2010-10/bees-beat-computers-ability-solve-complex-math-problem
Design bloom has a few articles on this -->  http://www.designboom.com/contemporary/biomimicry.html

and blog listed:  (not including the sites listed under the images)
•   Janine Benyus shares nature’s designs  (ted talk)
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/janine_benyus_shares_nature_s_designs.html

•  Janine Benyus: Biomimicry in action
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/janine_benyus_biomimicry_in_action.html

•  Biomimicry Institute:  http://www.biomimicryinstitute.org/

•  Ask Nature   http://www.asknature.org/

•  People’s ideas and inventions (list of articles) – posted by readers :  http://en.wordpress.com/tag/biomimicry-ecology/

•  Robert Full on engineering and evolution
http://www.ted.com/talks/robert_full_on_engineering_and_evolution.html

•What Business Can Learn About Sustainability from Sea-Monkeys  By Marc Gunther  October 20, 2010
https://www.greenbiz.com/blog/2010/10/20/what-business-can-learn-about-sustainability-sea-monkeys?page=0%2C1

• INSITUTE FOR GREEN CHEMISTRY:  http://www.warnerbabcock.com/
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•New sensor derived from frogs may help fight bacteria and save wildlife   - -Sensor uses frog peptides to test for drug and medical device contamination  (Oct. 19, 2010)   Chris Emery   cemery@princeton.edu
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-10/pues-nsd101910.php

•  15 of the “coolest” examples of Biomimicry:  http://brainz.org/15-coolest-cases-biomimicry/

•  Biomimicry   http://rachellaing.blogspot.com/2010/02/biomimicry.html

•  What it Biomimicry:  http://www.utopiacrowd.com/2009/01/18/what-is-biomimicry/

•  http://www.interfaceglobal.com/Sustainability/What-is-Sustainability-/Learn-More.aspx?cat=Design_Architecture

•  Biomimicry Architecture:  http://langlor.com/blog/biomimicry-architecture/

•  Pistol Shrimp:  http://pistolshrimp.wordpress.com/category/ideas/page/5/

3.  I'll be sending you the homework later tonight, and have your grades to you  - between tonight an wed morning. 
Later than i wanted to  - but it's in progress. 
I did something really dumb - if mustard doesn't smell right, don't eat it.  I feel really ill  :(  regardless, i will be there tomorrow for our new adventure!  (though, i might still be a little green)  I've been out for the count for the past few hours  - after 8 or so.    Rule of thumb - if it's been in the fridge for over 2 months, get rid of it.  Botcholism is no body's friend.
I do believe I mentioned to at least one group what a great idea it would be with "timed degridation"  that the container would start to decompose - or give you warning when the contents started to become "something new" / bacteria........ Perfect example as of why.
 
see - this looks like normal mustard, but inside lurks something sinister.


4.  Another fun topic  - Voting!  this is probably your first election, and a great time to get your first ballot under your belt.  If you're concerned about the cost of education, the arts, government policies that affect the people - here's your chance to take a stand.  If you don't vote, you can't complain.

Many of my students as first time voters have questions - such as - "Who do i vote for?"
you can use this link to help you:
http://minnesota.publicradio.org/projects/ongoing/select_a_candidate/

how about 'where do i go to vote?" - the league of women voters can help you, and help you see the ballot before you get to the polls
http://www.lwv.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Find_a_Local_League&Template=/TaggedPage/TaggedPageDisplay.cfm&TPLID=56&ContentID=5150



take care and see you tomorrow!
-Abbi