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1. Nikwax® Directional Fabrics
Nikwax Analogy® is a unique waterproof fabric construction that mimics the way a mammal’s fur manages moisture. Analogy® is a Directional® textile made of two fabric layers; the outer layer is a dense microfibre windproof fabric,...
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2. Groasis waterboxx
Designed by Pieter Hoff, the Groasis waterboxx is a 20-inch by 10-inch box that serves as an incubator to help trees survive through the initial part of their growing cycle. The smartly designed container incubates one tree at a time, creating ide...
3. Flotation in turbulent waters: Heteropterid bugs
"Among the most superficially aquatic and numerous insects of freshwater areas are various Heteropterid bugs, such as pond-skaters, water-measurers and water-crickets. lnsects like these seldom even get their feet wet since they are able to stride...
4. Waterproof lipid-layer prevents desiccation: frogs
"Some species in the dry forests of South America secrete a waxy coating to protect themselves from drying out." (Morell 2001)"The lipid contents of these organelles appear to consist of stacks of flattened lipid vesicles (Landmann, 1986, 1988) co...
6. Algal turf scrubber
"Algal turf scrubbers are field-sized, water-treatment systems that can extract excess nutrients from streams, canals, and lakes polluted by agricultural, domestic, and some industrial runoff. They use sunlight as their principal source of e...
7. PAX water mixer
The PAX Water Mixer uses efficiencies of fluid flow to provide efficient mixing of drinking water in storage tanks. This eliminates stratification, keeps disinfectant residuals actively working to maintain drinking water safety, and prevents condi...
8. Lichen sucks water from air without getting waterlogged.
A water-repellant strategy thought to be used by substrate-hygrophytic lichen (those that draw water from the substrate) is the use of a film of hydrophobins across the lichen's surface (Valadares 1994). Hydrophobins are small peptides rich in sul...
9. Biolytix® water filter
The Biolytix® System is a compact waste treatment system that converts raw sewage, wastewater, and food waste into high quality irrigation water on site. The Biolytix® system removes solid wastes from wastewater immediately. Then selected...
10. Glue sticks underwater: giant water bug
"Using bodily secretions, the female [giant water bug] glues the eggs to her mate's back." (Crump 2005:52)
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