Six revolutionary ideas
to change the way we feed
the planet
Meet the six teams competing for the $100,000 Ray of Hope Prize®. From closed-loop urban food production to electricity-free cooling devices inspired by kangaroos, bees, and elephants, these innovators are poised to change the world – and the
way we eat.
IN THE NEWS
Insect eyes inspire new solar cell design from Stanford. Stanford University scientists were inspired by the built-in redundancy of fly eyes, which consist of hundreds of tiny segmented eyes. “If you lose one segment, hundreds of others will operate.”
Regenerative Organic Certified’ food label coming soon! The new food label, developed by the Rodale Institute and a coalition of farmers, ranchers, nonprofits, scientists and brands goes beyond just “organic”.
UPCOMING EVENTS
October 3 – 6, 2017
Nature Inspired Exploration for Aerospace Summit Interested in how biomimicry is being applied at NASA? This Summit, presented by NASA and the Great Lakes Biomimicry network offers more than 50 sessions, presentations, and special activities on nature-inspired technology and research.