Right, we've never looked at nature before, Penicillin just happened. /s The difference isn't that people are looking for natural inspiration, although that ma

Right, we've never looked at nature before, Penicillin just happened. /s The difference isn't that people are looking for natural inspiration, although that makes for a great headline. Really, the changes are in the ability to engineer materials, tissues, and the like to fit those paradigms. People had great ideas in the 'naturalistic' vein for a long time, but lacked the means to make it work.