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Retro, sci-fi, and inspired by a shark caught by General Motors head Bill Mitchell. It's little wonder the Mako Shark Corvette has gained cult status among car enthusiasts. Here are some more of our top shark-inspired designs...cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":true,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":1,"title":"1961 Mako Shark Corvette"}The most decorated Olympian of all time, U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps, blew the competition out of the water at the 2004 Athens Games, taking home six gold medals. Was the Speedo Fastskin II suit he wore -- modeled on drag-resistant shark skin -- part of his secret? cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":2,"title":"Speedo Fastskin II"}While other tidal turbines might use propellers to harness energy, this BioSTREAM device is modeled on a shark's tail. Each 20-meter-long oscillating tail can generate 250 kilowatts of electricity -- enough to power 200 houses.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":3,"title":"Tidal turbine"}
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This microscopic image of shark skin shows the dermal denticles which are much like tiny teeth. "It's not a favorable place for bacteria -- they don't like to colonize there," said chemist Mark Dorfman of the Biomimicry Institute. "By putting it on a hospital surface it could remove the need for harsh chemicals."cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":4,"title":"Antibacterial \'skin\'"}These shark-repellent wetsuits were inspired by our fear of the great predators. The back and white striped version signals that we're unappealing food. While the blue and white suit helps camouflage divers in the water. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":5,"title":"Shark-repellent wetsuit"}HIDE CAPTION1961 Mako Shark CorvetteSpeedo Fastskin IITidal turbineAntibacterial 'skin'Shark-repellent wetsuit<<<
These shark-repellent wetsuits were inspired by our fear of the great predators. The back and white striped version signals that we're unappealing food. While the blue and white suit helps camouflage divers in the water. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":5,"title":"Shark-repellent wetsuit"}HIDE CAPTION1961 Mako Shark CorvetteSpeedo Fastskin IITidal turbineAntibacterial 'skin'Shark-repellent wetsuit<<<
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In fact, designers are increasingly turning to the animal kingdom for inspiration, in a movement called "biomimicry" -- quite literally mimicking mother nature.And the 400-million-year-old predator now used as the blue print for everything from swim suits to antibacterial skin? The shark."Life has existed for 3.8 billion years -- and in all that time for trial and error, nature has worked out what really works," said Mark Dorfman, chemist at the Biomimicry Institute. var currExpandable="expand15";if(typeof CNN.expandableMap==='object'){CNN.expandableMap.push(currExpandable);}var mObj={};mObj.type='video';mObj.contentId='';mObj.network='cnnintl';mObj.source='international/2013/10/03/spc-art-of-movement-sharks-b.cnn';mObj.videoSource='CNN';mObj.videoSourceUrl='';mObj.lgImage="D:\Auto Blog Samurai\data\Regional\3\131009122345-spc-art-of-movement-sharks-b-00033929-story-body.jpg";mObj.lgImageX=300;mObj.lgImageY=169;mObj.origImageX="214";mObj.origImageY="120";mObj.contentType='video';CNN.expElements.expand15Store=mObj;
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Tracking great white sharks"Biomimicry is about learning how nature performs and using that technology in everyday life."Read: Brett McBride -- shark wrangler turned 'superhero'Mako Shark CorvetteWhen General Motors' head of styling and design, Bill Mitchell, returned from a fishing trip with a mako shark in 1961, he was so taken with the creature he had it mounted in his office and ordered a concept car be designed in its image.But the team struggled to capture the distinctive fading colors -- much like a shark's underbelly. "Bill kept saying: 'It's not right, it's not right, it's not right,'" said General Motors Heritage Center manager Greg Wallace."So they waited for him to leave the office, and went in and painted the shark on the wall. As far as I know, he never found out."Today a model of the retro car, its beak-like bonnet much like the snout of its namesake, appears in the General Motors Heritage Center in Michigan. "It was never on the market," said Wallace. "But it's still gained iconic status."Speedo Fastskin suitIf ever there was a man with the body of a shark, it was American swimmer Michael Phelps. Or at least, that's how it seemed when the teenager took home eight medals at the 2004 Athens Olympics -- matching the record set by Soviet gymnast Aleksandr Dityatin for the most medals won at a single Games.What was his secret? Apart from freakishly good genes, Phelps wore a Speedo Fastskin II swimming suit, modeled on drag-resistant shark skin.Read: Tagging great whites -- solving a '450-million-year' mysteryThe compression fabric featured V-shaped ridges which replicated the sandpaper texture of sharks -- thought to reduce drag in the water.However, according to Harvard professor George Lauder, while the suits as a whole may improve performance, the high-tech material itself does not necessarily reduce drag.Biomimicry is about learning how nature performs and using that technology in everyday lifeMark Dorfman, chemist at the Biomimicry InstituteTidal turbineIf you're going to have a water turbine, then why not make it in the shape of one of the most effortlessly fluid creatures of the sea?Designer BioPower Systems has developed an underwater "shark's tail" that harnesses wave energy and converts it into electricity.It says the 20-meter-long oscillating tails can generate 250 kilowatts of electricity -- enough to power 200 houses."Sharks have developed over millions of years and they are the ultimate shape for moving forward -- a shark is 90% efficient in converting energy into full thrust," said Biostream chief executive Timothy Finnigan. "We've taken that same idea in our design."Antibacterial surfacesIt's a question that plagued designers for years: how do you stop algae coating the hulls of ships? The answer: shark skin.The remarkable skin is covered in dermal denticles -- a bit like tiny teeth -- which discourages microorganisms, and in this case algae, from growing.Read: Why great white is perfect predatorEngineers at technology company Sharklet recreated the texture, finding that the material helped reduce algae settling by 85%. It is now hoped the same antibacterial film can be used in hospitals."The microscopic texture is not a favorable place for bacteria -- they don't like to colonize there," said Dorfman of the Biomimicry Institute. "By putting it on a hospital surface it could remove the need for harsh chemicals."Shark repellent wetsuitOk, so it's not strictly inspired by sharks, more our fear of them. But an Australian company's new shark repellent wetsuits were still created using research into sharks' predatory behavior.Working with scientists at the University of Western Australia, the Shark Attack Mitigation Systems entrepreneurs have developed two suits which play against sharks' vision.The blue and white "Elude" range, designed for divers and snorkelers, is believed to help camouflage the swimmer to sharks.While the "Diverter," mainly for surfers, features bold black and white stripes which the fearsome creatures supposedly associate with unpalatable food.0Comments »SHARE THISPrintEmailMore sharingRedditStumbleUponDelicious/* push in config for this share instance */cnn_shareconfig.push({"id" : "cnn_sharebar2","url" : "http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/25/tech/innovation/shaped-by-sharks-design/index.html","title" : "Shaped by sharks: Five designs inspired by ocean predators"});
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