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ABSTRACT
This paper presents a methodological tool to support the search for Natural Sources of Inspiration so as to spark new ideas in designers along Bio-Inspired Design activities. The proposed tool leverages the correlation between the NIST Functional Basis and the Biomimicry Taxonomy, to allow designers with no or scarce biological knowledge to search already existing databases of natural phenomena. The methodological framework is structured so that its implementation in a CAx system can be promisingly carried out.
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ORCID
Niccolò Becattini http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1641-3796
Getano Cascini http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1827-6454
Francesco Rosa http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9207-0991