San Diego Zoo Creates Biomimicry Incubator 76
waderoush writes "The San Diego Zoo has built a world famous reputation as a tourist destination, for helping to rescue the California Condor, and maybe (if you're old enough) for Joan Embery's appearances with Johnny Carson. Now the zoo is using its expertise to drive innovation by establishing a new 'Centre for Bioinspiration.' While the Anglicized spelling of 'center' might seem pretentious, the zoo has a down-to-earth goal of innovating through the emerging field of biomimicry, which is exemplified by Qualcomm's Mirasol display technology (the displays generate colors using the same type of interference between light waves that causes iridescence in butterfly wings). The center includes an incubator for developing new bio-inspired products and technologies, where ideas would be advanced to a proof of concept or working model, and then licensed. The incubator also intends to help develop bio-inspired ideas from outside the zoo."
Correct English is pretentious? (Score:5, Funny)
while Anglicized spelling of 'center' might seem pretentious
How is it pretentious to use correct spelling? Should they have called it the "Can I has Bioinspiration Centr, LOL"?
Re:only pretentious thing is the article summary (Score:2, Funny)
1. Too, many, commas;
It's comas, and yes, the article, might have caused, a few to menny.
2. "(if you're old enough)" is redundant
Unless you're too old to realize you're old enough, or are suffering from a recent coma...
3. Never use the phrase "drive innovation"
What if it's the drive you're innovating? Blanket statements are typically wrong; Never say never again.
4. British English is still spoken by far more people than American;
Yes, by all the pretentious people. It's quite a problem if you ask me.
5. What is the purpose of biomimicry?
Obviously to Mimic Life, you ignorant twit.
6. The display "generate colors" - submitter was clearly so proud ... he forgot his gramma;
It's grammar, and yes the submitter already remarked he was proud of being both old enough and American. Fortunously us US citizens utilize our amazing organic information processing units and thus can forgive a few errors, unlike the pretentious strictly structured mechanizations that trip up if you so much as add an erroneous semicolon.
7. (don't explain things in brackets like this);
Why (the hell) not? Are parentheticals out of style now? Fucking hipster.
8. ... Too much babble. How about "An incubator will develop proofs of concept or working models for licensing";
Pot, meet kettle. How about, "An incubator helps gets shit started." Oh, but then we wouldn't need the sentence at all, because that IS what Incubator means!
9. What is "bioinspiration"?
Inspired by life. Are you Daft?
Why, yes, I did get out on the wrong side of the bed this morning, but that doesn't excuse this summary.
Let me get this straight, you got out of bed on the wrong side, and instead of taking a power nap to right things you ranted some useless drivel on Slashdot? For fuck's sake man, seek medical attention. Like I said before, you have an amazing organic computer atop your shoulders. We get it. We've got 'em too! That the communication was sufficient for you to understand it should be satisfactory. You might want to ask your doctor about a subscription to porn and blood pressure meds...