Nature Tech - The Material World
Original title: Das Genie Der Natur- Material ist Alles
Duration: 52’16’’
Producer: Alfred Vendl and Steve Nicholls
Director: Alfred Vendl and Steve Nicholls
Participant: ORF Natural History Unit - Dr. Walter Kohler
Company: ORF Natural History Unit - Universum
Scientific field: Technologies
Year: 2006
Country: Austria
Nature has to be efficient in the way it processes information and uses energy so when scientists began to look at nature with biomimetic eyes, it’s not surprising that they started to see entirely new visions for our future. Nature’s power stations are everywhere – in the form of leaves. They run on sunlight and their main waste product is oxygen.
Now scientists have succeeded in building an artificial leaf, which could produce hydrogen – the fuel of the future – powered by nothing but sunlight. And when we park out new non-polluting cars at home or work, what will the buildings be like?
Nature Tech - The Material World
