Bio-mimetics From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

“Biomimetics (also known as Bionics, biognosis, biomimicry or bionical creativity engineering) is the application of biological methods and systems found in nature to the study and design of engineering systems and modern technology”

"taking design ideas from nature"

“Biomimetic refers to human-made processes, materials, devices, or systems that imitate nature.”

WHY NATURE ???????

The Eastgate Center in Harare, ZimbabweInspired by

Termite mound

Materials:

Processing & tools

Fabrication/Manufacturing

Devices & machines

Functions & Mechanisms

Principles

Almost all engineering could be thought of as a form of biomimicry ??

Materials & Mechanisms

Advanced Materials, Functional Materials, Smart Materials, Intelligent Materials !! Conscious Materials ??!!!

Lotus effect: Self-clean water repellent surfaces:

Structural colors: Photonic Crystals

Bio-Adhesion: nano- velcro; Geckel glue

Low temp ceramics

Biomimetic Models of Protein Aggregation

Microfluidic scaffold (gel material)

cells

Microchannelfor

Feeding nutrients

3D matrix

diffusingnutrients

Tissue Engineering

Choi et al, Nat. Mater. 6, 908-915, 2007

Heart valve

Fabrication/Manufacturing: The Nature’s Way….

Supramolecular, hierarchical….. Self-assembly (bottom-up) Self-organization…….

Processing conditions: Wet and soft, room temp.. Directed and coded…………

Devices & Machines

Neuromorphic chips, silicon retinae or coachleae wiring modeled after real neural network

connectivity & functionality

Molecular motors

Cyborg!

In 1959 Feynman gave his famous after-dinner talk describing molecular machines building with atomic precision

“There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom”

“The portal motor for bacteriophage f29 compresses the DNA 6,000 times its normal volume," says Bustamante. "This generates an internal pressure of about 60 atmospheres, which is about ten times that in a champagne bottle.”

Bio-inspired Nanomotors Machine

Bio-inspired Micro-Fluidics

Principles

Cybernatics

Artificial intelligence

Genetic algorithms

Socio-political models: Examples: Bioregional Democracy

(political borders conform to natural Eco-regions rather than human cultures or the outcomes of prior conflicts)

Natural Capitalism: (Biomimicry is also the second principle of Natural Capitalism)

Genetic Algorithm

Does Nature always do an optimized job?

IKARUS Syndrome

Sub-optimality in Nature

Diversity: Many ways to the same function

Complexity:Many things to be weighted

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The field of Bio-mimetics is the abstraction of a GOOD design from nature.

Bio-inspired???