When you step back and look at ...

• the nature of animals, insects, plants and the problems they have organically solved
• perhaps even the nature and balance of the universe

Have you ever been able to solve a problem by deriving an approach from nature?

I've heard of Ant Colony Algorithms being able to optimize supply chain amongst other things. Also Fractal's being the "geometry of nature" have been applied to a wide range of problems.

Now that spring is here again and the world is coming back to life I'm wondering if anybody has some experiences they can share.

Thanks

PS I would recommend watching the "Hunting the Hidden Dimension" Nova episode on fractals.