ZAL_YB-2017

ZAL SCIENCE SLAM
Improper use of aircraft toilets, how engineers can
be creative ... those were only a few inputs for the
first edition of the Science Slam
»BIONICS MEANS LEARNING FROM NATURE, FOR EXAMPLE FROM BIRDS, TREES, AND BONES — AND EVEN FROM
PARASITES. NATURE OFFERS A COMPREHENSIVE RANGE OF EXAMPLES WHEN IT COMES TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF
FASTENING SYSTEMS SUCH AS WALL PLUGS OR ANCHORS. A GENUINE MASTER WHEN IT COMES TO PENETRATING
AND HOLDING FAST, AND AN EXAMPLE THAT EACH ONE OF US HAS SURELY EITHER SEEN OR FELT, IS THE TICK. AND
THEN THERE ARE THE SPINY-HEADED WORMS THAT MAY BE FAMILIAR TO THOSE OF US WHO LOVE CATS, HORSES,
OR SUSHI!
WITH AROUND 2.5 MILLION TYPES OF ORGANISMS ALREADY KNOWN, NATURE OFFERS US A BROAD PALETTE OF
SOLUTIONS FOR ALMOST EVERY TECHNICAL PROBLEM. ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS LOOK AND LEARN. ON TOP OF THIS,
NATURE HAS HAD A QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WITH ABSOLUTE EFFICIENCY IN PLACE FOR 3.8 BILLION YEARS:
MISTAKES DON’T SURVIVE. THIS APPROACH TO QM, HOWEVER, IS PERHAPS BEST LEFT TO NATURE.«
EVENTS
MARKUS HOLLERMANN Innovation & biomimetic expert, Altran. Topic of his slam: »How intestinal parasites revolutionize aircraft construction«
ZAL SIENCE SLAM
After-party