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Wednesday, September 28, 2005

Biomimicry: Imitating nature in engineering




"[N]ature can accomplish feats that engineers have only been able to dream of until now. But as scientists peer deeper into the cellular and molecular workings of nature, engineers are starting to find information they can apply to everything from advanced optics to robotics—even a mussel-inspired glue that could one day be used to repair shattered bones. The result is a new field called biomimicry, or biologically inspired design."


Nature has spent so much time developing biological machines that it's about time we start to copy what nature has perfected.

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