TED: How we're harnessing nature's hidden superpowers | Oded Shoseyov

The video discusses the challenges of human-made materials compared to nature's perfected materials over billions of years. It highlights the potential of nanocrystalline cellulose, a strong material made from sugar, and the efforts to produce it industrially without harming the environment. The video also explores resilin, an elastic protein from insects, and its applications. It further explains the innovative production of human collagen from transgenic tobacco plants for medical use. The future of biomaterials is envisioned to improve machines and medical implants, emphasizing the importance of learning from nature's evolutionary processes.

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