Burr Hooks and Velcro
In short: The story of how the natural seed-dispersal mechanism of plant burrs inspired the invention of Velcro.
A 2:12 short film in the series “Nature Invented It First”, narrated by intellect_voice_01.
Sources used in this film: National Institutes of Health (NIH), “Mechanics of plant fruit hooks”; Taylor & Francis Online, “The contact separation force of the fruit burrs from five plant taxa dispersing by epizoochory”; North Carolina State University, “Arctium lappa (Bardane, Beggar's Buttons, Burrdock, Edible Burdock, Gobo, Great Burdock, Greater Burdock, Lappa, Snake's Rhubarb, Thorny Burr)”; World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), “From a Mountain Walk to 2,100 Patents: The Velcro IP Story”; National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), “Bioinspiration in Fashion—A Review”; Museum of Design in Plastics, “Plastics mimicking plants”; JSTOR Daily, “Versatile Velcro™”; National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), “Innovation Inspired by Nature: Applications of Biomimicry in Engineering Design”.
Sources used in this film
- National Institutes of Health (NIH) — Mechanics of plant fruit hooks · View →
- Taylor & Francis Online — The contact separation force of the fruit burrs from five plant taxa dispersing by epizoochory · View →
- North Carolina State University — Arctium lappa (Bardane, Beggar's Buttons, Burrdock, Edible Burdock, Gobo, Great Burdock, Greater Burdock, Lappa, Snake's Rhubarb, Thorny Burr) · View →
- World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) — From a Mountain Walk to 2,100 Patents: The Velcro IP Story · View →
- National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) — Bioinspiration in Fashion—A Review · View →
- Museum of Design in Plastics — Plastics mimicking plants · View →
- JSTOR Daily — Versatile Velcro™ · View →
- National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) — Innovation Inspired by Nature: Applications of Biomimicry in Engineering Design · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: National Institutes of Health (NIH): Mechanics of plant fruit hooks
- Also: Taylor & Francis Online: The contact separation force of the fruit burrs from five plant taxa dispersing by epizoochory
- Also: North Carolina State University: Arctium lappa (Bardane, Beggar's Buttons, Burrdock, Edible Burdock, Gobo, Great Burdock, Greater Burdock, Lappa, Snake's Rhubarb, Thorny Burr)
- Also: World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO): From a Mountain Walk to 2,100 Patents: The Velcro IP Story
- Also: National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI): Bioinspiration in Fashion—A Review
- Also: Museum of Design in Plastics: Plastics mimicking plants
- Also: JSTOR Daily: Versatile Velcro™
- Also: National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI): Innovation Inspired by Nature: Applications of Biomimicry in Engineering Design
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