https://biomimetics.dev/pages/blog.html Where biology meets computation - bio-inspired algorithms, swarm intelligence and nature-inspired computing. en-gb https://biomimetics.dev/pages/blog/l-systems.html https://biomimetics.dev/pages/blog/l-systems.html Sat, 01 Aug 2026 09:00:00 GMT Procedural Generation Aristid Lindenmayer needed a formalism for how a filament of algae grows. Parallel string rewriting became the standard way computer graphics grows plants - and what it still cannot explain. https://biomimetics.dev/pages/blog/hebbian-learning.html https://biomimetics.dev/pages/blog/hebbian-learning.html Sun, 26 Jul 2026 09:00:00 GMT Neural Computing Neuromorphic Computing Learning Without Backpropagation - how Hebbian rules and spike-timing-dependent plasticity let synapses learn from purely local information, and where they still fall short. https://biomimetics.dev/pages/blog/agentic-swarms.html https://biomimetics.dev/pages/blog/agentic-swarms.html Wed, 08 Apr 2026 09:00:00 GMT Swarm Intelligence Agentic AI workflows echo swarm intelligence - specialised agents that excel at narrow tasks but need orchestration to avoid going off the rails, just like ant colonies. https://biomimetics.dev/pages/blog/alphafold-alphaevolve.html https://biomimetics.dev/pages/blog/alphafold-alphaevolve.html Tue, 07 Apr 2026 09:00:00 GMT Bioinformatics AlphaFold and AlphaEvolve - how deep learning cracked the fifty-year protein folding problem and how evolutionary AI is now discovering algorithms no human has written. https://biomimetics.dev/pages/blog/physarum-networks.html https://biomimetics.dev/pages/blog/physarum-networks.html Tue, 07 Apr 2026 09:00:00 GMT Swarm Intelligence How Physarum polycephalum, a single-celled slime mold, spontaneously recreated the Tokyo rail network - and what it teaches us about biologically inspired network design. https://biomimetics.dev/pages/blog/autonomic-computing.html https://biomimetics.dev/pages/blog/autonomic-computing.html Mon, 06 Apr 2026 09:00:00 GMT Autonomic Computing Resilience and Self-Healing in software - how the immune system, apoptosis, and natural selection inspire autonomic computing, intrusion detection, and chaos engineering. https://biomimetics.dev/pages/blog/neuromorphic-computing.html https://biomimetics.dev/pages/blog/neuromorphic-computing.html Mon, 06 Apr 2026 09:00:00 GMT Neuromorphic Computing Neuromorphic Computing and Spiking Neural Networks - how biological brains inspire event-driven, ultra-efficient chips like Intel Loihi and IBM TrueNorth. https://biomimetics.dev/pages/blog/turing-patterns.html https://biomimetics.dev/pages/blog/turing-patterns.html Mon, 06 Apr 2026 09:00:00 GMT Pattern Formation Turing Patterns - how Alan Turing's reaction-diffusion model explains the spots, stripes, and patterns on animal skin. https://biomimetics.dev/pages/blog/ant-colony-optimization.html https://biomimetics.dev/pages/blog/ant-colony-optimization.html Sun, 05 Apr 2026 09:00:00 GMT Swarm Intelligence Ant Colony Optimisation - how ants' pheromone-based foraging inspires powerful algorithms for routing, scheduling, and combinatorial optimisation. https://biomimetics.dev/pages/blog/game-of-life.html https://biomimetics.dev/pages/blog/game-of-life.html Sun, 05 Apr 2026 09:00:00 GMT Cellular Automata Conway's Game of Life - how four simple rules produce astonishing emergent complexity in a cellular automaton. https://biomimetics.dev/pages/blog/genetic-algorithms.html https://biomimetics.dev/pages/blog/genetic-algorithms.html Sat, 04 Apr 2026 09:00:00 GMT Evolutionary Computing Genetic Algorithms - how Darwinian evolution inspires powerful optimisation techniques in computing. https://biomimetics.dev/pages/blog/hexagons-in-nature.html https://biomimetics.dev/pages/blog/hexagons-in-nature.html Sat, 04 Apr 2026 09:00:00 GMT Geometry Hexagons Are Bestagons - why nature favours the six-sided shape, from beehives and basalt columns to graphene and soap bubbles. https://biomimetics.dev/pages/blog/swarm-intelligence.html https://biomimetics.dev/pages/blog/swarm-intelligence.html Sun, 12 Jan 2025 09:00:00 GMT Swarm Intelligence Swarm Intelligence - how simple rules create sophisticated collective behaviour in ants, birds, and fish.