Adopt Worms ( Engineering and Biomimetics)

Week 7: Reverse Bio-Engineering Worksheet
1. Examine the biological artifact with the intent of discerning:
   a. What does the biological artifact do?
       It sheds it's skin
   b. How does the biological artifact work?
       The continuous increasing of body size requires the worm to shed it's skin
   c. What might the biological artifact's "requirements" have been?
      (i) high protein concentration
      (ii) continuous increasing of body mass
2. Relate the biological artifact's features to the artifact requirements listed in 1.c.:
   a. List the biological artifacts features (geometry, materials, mechanisms, etc)
     (i) bio-degradeable
     (ii) easily replaceable/ reconstructed
   b. How does the biological artifact's features support the requirements?
      By changing its skin, it allows the worm to grow continuously, it does not provide any defensive or offensive requirements. But it allows the worm to travel further because the movements are not restricted by the tight skins

3. How do the form and material of a feature relate to the function that the feature performs?
     From shedding skin, the form of the skin depends on the shape of the worm. The regenerated skin would be different each time regenerated as the size of the worm keeps increasing. The function of the skin is to protect the worm and also provide an exoskeleton to the worm. Whereas, the material of the skin would be a lot of protein.

4. Suggest a new product or process based upon what you've learned in 1-3 above.
    A new product that could use to protect a vehicle from scratches could be done. It would be easily detachable and also easily replaceable. This could reduce the number of scratches on the car.