He studied these burs closely and used them as inspiration to create an equally gripping material called Velcro. George de Mestral, a Swiss engineer, was on a hunting trip in the Alps when he noticed that tiny burs covered the fur of his dog.
1, was George de Mestral’s invention of burs to create Velcro in 1952. One of the earliest and most recognizable examples of biomimicry, mentioned in Fig. Biomimicry is this process of studying and replicating systems in the natural world, and it ranges from watching birds to achieve flight to imitating gecko feet to create adhesives. Scientists, engineers, and designers have relied upon natural organisms and processes for hundreds of years in order to spark innovation. Because nature is essentially a 3-billion-year-old research and development lab.
Of course, sharks are not the only organisms that scientists study and strive to imitate.
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