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FaraPack Futures briefing ‘08

If you are involved in the packaging of products for supermarkets, anywhere along the supply chain from manufacturing to the store itself you will be very interesed in FaraPack Futures briefing. You can find out more here. I will be joining a comprehensive lineup of leading edge speakers on the future for this market.

Do you have any examples of where biology has been used in your business?

I am interested in finding out if anyone has come across biology being applied in their business. I am working with biomimetics and have developed a number of tools and techniques that can be used to drive thinking in strategy, process and innovation. I am interested in the current level of experience in the use [...]

Come to the next event on Thursday 28th August in Bath and listen to Phil Richardson talk about biomimetics

Increasingly businesses are learning from natural systems; or ‘biomimetics’. Major innovations such as cybernetics, swarm intelligence and artificial neural networks have been derived from biomimetic principles. Phil has worked with companies including DTI, MoD and Gillette looking at issues such as:
Imitating organizational principles from social behaviour of organisms like ants, bees, and micro-organism
Mimicking mechanisms found [...]