Week 8: What Can We Inspired from Breadworm?

Breadworm always shed its skin due to the high content of protein in the body. What can the engineer inspired from breadworm is to invent a type of protective coating on either automobile and household. 

What is the function of Coating?

A paint or coating is defined as liquid, liquefiable or mastic composition designed for application to a substrate as a think layer which is converted to an adherent film after application. Paints and coatings are used to protect, decorate or add functionality to an object or surface.

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What can be mimicked?

Engineer can mimic the ability of shedding skin by the breadworm on inventing a type of protective coating. This protective coating can be applied and reused easily. The materials used has to be bio-degradable.Furthermore, it can be engineered to provide functional properties needed to provide solution for a wide range of demanding application. For an example, most of the car owner will have to repaint the car after 5 years or have their car polished once in awhile in order to maintain the "shiny" look of their car. By inventing this protective layer, all the car owner has to do is to spray a layer of coating on their car with no maintenance require. After some period of time, scratches or any defect formed on the layer of coating due to the weather or other causes, the owner just have to remove the protective coating by peeling and re-apply a new layer on the car. The car will look brand new again. This protective coating will have the same abilities as mobile phone's screen protector.