????想象一下，蜜蜂為節能建筑和自動駕駛汽車提供靈感，鯊魚幫助人們減少醫院里的感染，壁虎為懸掛大屏幕電視機出主意，這些已經成為現實。科學家們在方興未艾的仿生學領域通過模擬自然來解決人類社會的問題。如今，這門科學已經引起了各行各業的興趣，從能源到消費品，幾乎無所不包。咨詢公司Biomimicry 3.8的創始人珍妮?班娜斯說：“大量研究人員正在通過模擬自然進行發明創造。”她的公司曾利用仿生學技術幫助高露潔棕欖（Colgate-Palmolive）、李維斯（Levis）、耐克（Nike）以及波音（Boeing）等公司革新產品。下面我們就來盤點一下，自然世界培育出的新技術創意：

????Imagine a day when bees provide inspiration for energy efficient buildings and cars that drive themselves, sharks offer the promise to reduced hospital infections and geckos give ideas for hanging big-screen TV sets. It's already here. The burgeoning field of biomimicry, in which scientists copy nature to solve human problems, has drawn interest across industries -- from energy to consumer goods. "There is a whole pipeline of people inventing by looking to the natural world," says Janine Benyus, founder of Biomimicry 3.8, a consultancy that has helped Colgate-Palmolive (CL, Fortune 500), Levis, Nike (NKE, Fortune 500) and Boeing (BA, Fortune 500) reformulate products using biomimicry Here's a look at how nature is breeding new ideas.

壁虎

????壁虎能夠攀附在光滑的表面，來自艾姆赫斯特學院（Amherst College）的科學家們研究了其中的奧秘，以模擬開發一種可重復使用的面料用來懸掛重物。壁虎能夠抗拒地心引力的秘訣在于：肌腱和皮膚的獨特排列。科學家研制出的面料名為“壁虎皮”（geckskin），它有望在2014年推向市場。一塊索引卡片大小的面料就能在光滑的表面上懸掛最高700磅的任何重物，包括玻璃，也包括一塊42英寸的電視屏幕。

Geckos

????Amherst University scientists studied how geckos cling flat to surfaces to develop a copycat reusable fabric for hanging heavy loads. The gravity-defying secret: a unique arrangement of tendons and skin. The fabric, called "geckskin," could be on the market in 2014. A piece the size of an index card could hold everything from glass to a 42-inch TV screen -- anything up to 700 pounds -- on a flat surface.