People Criticized Eiffel Tower 100 Years Ago, Here Why

In 1886, a competition was announced in Paris. The winner would get the right to design and build the centerpiece for the World’s Fair of 1889. The company of Gustave Eiffel proposed a project that won among 107 others. The first project of the architects from Eiffel’s company was a tower with stonework pedestals, monumental arches between the columns, halls with glass walls on each level, the top shaped like a bulb, and plenty of ornaments. That project was too complicated so they changed it.

The Eiffel Tower looks revolutionary where it stands even today, but back in the late 19th century, it was a real sensation, for which a lot of people criticized it. Famous writers called it a tragic street lamp, a half-built factory pipe, and a giant skeleton. They weren’t too wrong. The tower really has something in common with a human skeleton: it was inspired by a thighbone! So, today, we’re talking about absolutely amazing inventions inspired by Mother Nature.

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TIMESTAMPS:
How the Eiffel Tower was constructed 0:01
What biomimicry is 2:58
The invention of Velcro 3:53
Shark secret technology 4:24
Butterfly-inspired display 4:54
Whale-inspired wind turbines 5:46
Robots modeled after animals 6:17
Bat-like technology 7:07
Eye of the lobster 7:56

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Eiffel Tower at The Parisian Macao: By Borpuo Tchenu Laiu https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MC_澳門_Macau_路氹城_Cotai_澳門巴黎人_The_Parisian_Macao_澳門巴黎埃菲爾鐵塔_Eiffel_Tower_wall_picture_drawing_Jan_2017_IX1.jpg

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femur. Shown in red: By Anatomography https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Femur_-_anterior_view2.png

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Close-up of the underside of a gecko’s foot as it walks on a glass wall: By Bjørn Christian Tørrissen https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gecko_foot_on_glass.JPG
Mercedes-Benz bionic car in der Bionik-Ausstellung des LWL Naturkundemuseums in Münster, 2012: By NatiSythen https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bioniccar_11.jpg#/media/File:Bioniccar_11.jpg
Mercedes-Benz bionic car in der Bionik-Ausstellung des LWL Naturkundemuseums in Münster, 2012: By NatiSythen https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bioniccar_01.jpg#/media/File:Bioniccar_01.jpg

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Mercedes-Benz bionic car at Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art: Design and the Elastic Mind: By Ryan Somma https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mercedes-Benz_bionic_car.jpg

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