Nature Inspired Design -

Honeycomb
Nature as inspiration
Bird flights inspiring plane designs

• birds operates on the same principle as gliders

• Birds just as gliders use thermal winds during glide

Fireflies inspiring LED Microstructure designs

• Fireflies have microstructures that allows for bright light

• This same microstructures is being investigated in LED

microstructure development
Why Honeycombs
Honeycomb designs are:

Lightweight
Strong
Hard to manufacture

Honeycomb are used in:

Art designs
Car manufacturing
Honey production
Today’s challenge
Today you will design a honeycomb structure of you own given the provided materials and test it

• Tape
• Paper
• Scissors

Design goals

Make a design that is able to hold something on top ( The more the better)
Closing
What was your biggest challenge in building honeycomb designs?
What are some characteristics of honeycomb designs?
Can you name an applicating where they are used?