So, I'm choosing to stay open-minded until I get some proper review time with this subtle, "nature inspired" phone -- and in the meantime I'm going to consciously overlook the fact that even Mother Nature's lowliest creations (pebbles, crevasses, wasps etc.) don't stoop to sharing each other's sub-pixels.
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They are industrial by nature, inspired by remnants of 20th century oil pumps left in Electra, Texas.
These creepy little monsters are the result of research undertaken at Harvard to develop nature-inspired soft robots.
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DNA, though, offers a key advantage over the other nature-inspired methods: Since DNA isn't a living thing, it can sit passively in a test tube where it is less subject to biological changes.
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Hopefully this sort of technology makes its way to consumers in a timely fashion, but in the meantime we can't help but marvel at how this nature-inspired technology is being used to save its muse.
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"Inspired by nature, designed for humans" is the winsome philosophy behind the Galaxy S III.
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While the form and function may be very much inspired by nature, the practicalities are very much in the human realm.
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He'd love to see children come out and be inspired by nature.
Thousands of people are expected to flock to a forest in Perthshire this weekend for a sound and light show inspired by nature.
Designed for humans and inspired by nature, the GALAXY S III is a revolutionary smartphone that delivers a uniquely personalized and intuitive user experience.
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Samsung added 0.2-inches to this update, while incorporating elements of its "famed" inspired by nature design that conspire to lend this handset a reassuring in-hand fit.
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Dr Oxman believes the design and construction of objects could be transformed using principles inspired by nature, resulting in shapes that are impossible to build without additive manufacturing.
The GS4 loses most of the well-polished curves prominently featured in the past-gen flagship, as it's designed with broader corners and a filled-out back, both of which are signs that Samsung has veered away from its "inspired by nature" mantra.
The company organizes its products into nature- and literature-inspired collections, such as the plant-based Linneo (named after Carl Linnaeus, the father of taxonomy) or South American cedar-heavy Borges, named after surrealist Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges.
Nature lovers will enjoy the plantings, inspired by the naturally growing grasses and wildflowers that sprouted up after trains stopped running in 1980.
It is perhaps a laughable commentary on the current mania for monetary stimulus that this feature is what seems to have inspired the most criticism of Bitcoin.. The knock on Bitcoin is that its fixed nature will cause an inevitable destructive deflation.
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