Vivika MartiniJan 15, 20213 minThe Biomimicry RevolutionReading Peter Wohlleben's "The Hidden Life of Trees" transformed my perception of nature. The trees, which I had so routinely passed...
Vivika MartiniJan 9, 20211 min"Let's make 2021 a Happy New Year for all the inhabitants of our perfect planet!"A wonderfully inspiring message from the one and only Sir David Attenborough.
Vivika MartiniDec 20, 20202 minThe one doughnut that might actually be good for usKate Raworth advocates that the shift from degenerative and centralised economies toward regenerative and distributed ones has never been...
Vivika MartiniNov 18, 20204 minA Plastic society Plastics. We use them every single day without question because there is no need to question something so embedded in our culture. We...
Vivika MartiniOct 1, 20201 minWind farms inspired by schooling fishJohn Dabiri, associate professor of aeronautics and bioengineering at Caltech, explains how his observations of schooling fish inspired...
Vivika MartiniSep 17, 20201 minThis forever changed my morning runs...Trees talk to each other? Yes. Susanne Simard explains the fascinating underworld that lies beneath the forest floor. Trees communicate...
Vivika MartiniAug 6, 20201 minAsk nature? How biomimicry can inspire a more sustainable future.Nature is our biggest ally and greatest source of inspiration. I hadn't really stopped to think about this until I came across a TED talk...
Vivika MartiniMay 15, 20202 minCoronavirus Hackathon Article from EC Newsletter Last month, I participated in a virtual global ‘Coronavirus Hackathon’ run by Common VC in partnership with...
Vivika MartiniMay 26, 20191 minGrose single celled goo can help us better understand what 'intelligence'is...Self-driving cars, and Slime mold. Artifical Intelligence and now Cellular Intelligence.
Vivika MartiniDec 14, 20181 minA robot that can clean up oil spillsProtei is a highly manoeuvrable, flexible, shape shifting sailing boat - developed by the company Scoutbots - capable of cleaning large...