Digital Mimicry and Lateral Thinking
Making awesome things on the Internet requires the right inspiration. Often, we look to the newest sites and startups for ideas, asking ourselves “what if we made ‘startup x’ for our industry?” Suppose we tracked, tagged, and detailed these sources of inspiration. Could such a database revolutionize the way we discover ideas?
A few months ago, I came across a site from the Biomimicry Institute called AskNature. Some insanely intelligent people have compiled a database of 1400 “strategies” that organisms use to survive against challenges in nature.