# How we're harnessing nature's hidden superpowers

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED@BCG Paris
- Speaker: Oded Shoseyov
- Year: 2016
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Biology, Engineering, Earth and environment, Art, architecture and design
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/oded_shoseyov_how_we_re_harnessing_nature_s_hidden_superpowers)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

What do you get when you combine the strongest materials from the plant world with the most elastic ones from the insect kingdom? Super-performing materials that might transform ... everything. Nanobiotechnologist Oded Shoseyov walks us through examples of amazing materials found throughout nature, in everything from cat fleas to sequoia trees, and shows the creative ways his team is harnessing them in everything from sports shoes to medical implants.

## Lectures

1. [How we're harnessing nature's hidden superpowers](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/oded_shoseyov_how_we_re_harnessing_nature_s_hidden_superpowers/af28c1626f0d), 14 min (TED's player)