Biomimicry and Ray of Hope Accelerator

The Ray C. Anderson Foundation has partnered with the Biomimicry Institute to create the  Ray of Hope Accelerator, designed to bring commercially viable solutions from the design lab to the market. The prize is focused on nature-inspired solutions that address one or more of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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AI & Technology
How Coral Is Inspiring Eco-friendly Clothing
Werewool is a biomaterials company that develops fibers with tailored aesthetic &performance properties. Inspired by nature, they design fibers at the DNA level, creating sustainable textiles with low impact materials. #ciruclareconomy
AI & Technology
This Paint Inspired by Butterflies Could Be the Secret to Cooler Cities
Cypris Materials has created a paint inspired by blue morpho butterfly wings, which get their color from blue lightwaves reflecting off the nanostructure of the wings themselves.
Health & Healthcare
Biomimicry Innovation: change:WATER Labs
change:WATER Labs is changing the way humans process waste, and it all has to do with water. They recognized that if water is removed from human waste, all that's left is a compact solid that would be much easier to collect and sterilize.
AI & Technology
Cypris Materials Introduces Nature Inspired, Tunable, Structural Color Coating
Cypris Materials, Inc. has cracked nature's code on nanostructures by creating a new type of paint that can be used from cosmetics to the auto industry.
Events
Biomimicry Fireside Chat on Innovation
Biomimimcry Fireside Chat: Innovation and Biomimicry: From Founding to Funding: Bringing a Biomimetic Startup to Market
Environment
Ray of Hope Prize Winner Showcased in Animated Video
ECOncrete wins $100,000 Ray of Hope Prize. Animated video overview released.
Environment
Introducing the 2020 Biomimicry Global Design Challenge Finalists
The Biomimicry Institute announces the 10 finalist teams that have created solutions inspired by nature that address the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Awards & Rankings
Good for Business, Good for the Planet: The Judges Behind the World's Foremost Biomimicry Prize
Learn more about the experts that deliberated on the only international prize that examines how startups see nature as our mentor and not as a warehouse of goods.
Environment
ECOncrete® Wins $100,000 Ray of Hope Prize®
The Biomimicry Institute and the Ray C. Anderson Foundation are proud to announce that this year’s Ray of Hope Prize® has been awarded to ECOncrete Tech LTD., a science-based company that develops high performance, environmentally-sensitive concrete products for coastal and marine infrastructure projects.
Responsible Production & the Circular Economy
Biomimicry: Using Nature's Perfect Innovation Systems to Design the Future
Biomimicry has the potential to save the human race and the planet. That’s an attractive offer at a time when COVID has turned everything we know and thought we could count on, on its head.  

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