Biomimetics - Technology That Mimics Nature

Biomimetics combines biology and technology, merging life sciences with technical disciplines.

" Translating The Genius of Nature"

As the industrial age moves into the biological age, modern scientific techniques are allowing us to gaze deeper into nature’s secrets, helping us tounderstand and learn from her elegant designs.

Biomimetic refers to human-made processes, substances, devices, or systems that imitate nature. The art and science of designing and building biomimetic apparatus is called biomimetics, and is of special interest to researchers in nanotechnology, robotics, artificial intelligence (AI), the medical industry, and the military.

Some biomimetic processes have been in use for years. An example is the artificial synthesis of certain vitamins and antibiotics. More recently, biomimetics have been suggested as applicable in the design ofmachine visionsystems, machine hearing systems, signal amplifiers, navigational systems, and data converters.

Humans have always looked to nature for inspiration in solving problems

Engineers, scientists, and business people are increasingly turning toward nature for design inspiration. The field of biomimetics, the application of methods and systems found in nature, to engineering and technology, has spawned a number of innovations far superior to what the human mind alone could have devised. The reason is simple. Nature, through billions of years of trial and error, has produced effective solutions to innumerable complex real-world problems.

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