When a beekeeper forgot to put the frames back in the hive, the bees built this themselves. It takes into account airflow and temp regulation. 🐝
@Jezibaba
Did you see this?
#Environment
(Nature already knows how.)
Climate-friendly air conditioning inspired by termites
"termite mounds, which consist of thousands of interconnected channels, tunnels and air chambers, and how these capture wind energy in order to 'breathe,' or exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide with the surroundings.
Similar structures could be integrated in the walls of buildings to drive the flow of air, heat and moisture in a new way."
https://phys.org/news/2023-07-climate-friendly-air-conditioning-termites.html
@corlin Dated May 23rd and they're still doing theoretical work. Do you know if successful models have been fabricated?
@corlin The Al-Bahr towers in Abu Dhabi have a kinetic jaali facade, which is inspired by the texture of human skin (Credit: Alamy) 😳
@Jezibaba
I forgot
Paper:
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmats.2023.1126974/full