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Pyri provides scalable, accessible early wildfire detection for high-risk regions. Inspired by serotinous pine cones, its technology uses nature-derived, non-toxic materials rather than traditional Internet of Things (IoT) components.

Parsons Kinetics is a Colombian climate tech startup that develops wind turbines designed for low-wind-speed regions, inspired by the autorotating flight of Amazonian seeds.

Emboa Medical’s Thrombus Retrieval Aspiration Platform (TRAP) catheter mimics the inward-curving fangs of a boa constrictor to securely grip and remove blood clots, reducing the risk of vessel injury, enhancing forces, and improving patient recovery.

PolyGone Systems is a Princeton University spinout cleantech company that develops scalable solutions to microplastic pollution by utilizing a patented biomimetic filtration media inspired by the roots of aquatic plants.

Adhesive disc from Harvard and Beihang University has thousands of fiber spinules on a rubber base that enables it to attach to a variety of surfaces underwater.

Stretchable surfaces from Cornell are made of extensible silicone with inextensible mesh that can instantly transform from a flat sheet to a 3D shape.

Artificial skin from Technical University of Munich uses an event-based processing system to accurately perceive its surroundings.

Solar cells from Stanford have a honeycomb of perovskite microcells that protect the device from large mechanical forces.