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Biomimetics

Biomimetics is essentially applying the functions of biological systems found in nature to artificially created systems intended to replicate the same functions.

The classic example of biomimetics is of course the prosthetic limb – or prosthetic organ – which is designed to mimic the functions of an original, lost organic structure. In this way, biomimetics shares a great deal of cross-over with bionic and systems.

However, biomimetics may also refer to systems which are not intended to replicate the form and function of biological systems, but simply the function. This is true in the case of lab-on-a-chip systems, which replicate the functioning of the cardiovascular system, for example, but do so in order to test for the presence of diseases or pathogens.

Other examples include chips which mimic the complex mechanical and biochemical functions of an organ – such as a lung – so that chemical compounds may be tested on the chip to approximate their effects on an actual lung.

See Also: Bionic, Biomaterial, Biomaterial Evolution, Prosthetic, Smart Material, Adaptive Architecture, Biomimetic Microsystem

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(06/06/2005)
A revolutionary machine that can copy itself and manufacture everyday objects quickly and cheaply could transform industry in the developing world.

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(09/05/2008)
Researchers from the Naval Air Warfare Center in China Lake, California, and the University of Wyoming have developed a fiber optic sensor inspired by the compound eye of the common housefly, Musca domestica.

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(23/05/2010)
A group of Japanese researchers, who publish their findings today in Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, have succeeded in building a fully functional replica model - an ornithopter - of a swallowtail butterfly, and they have filmed their model b...


(27/10/2011)
Mohsen Shahinpoor, a professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Maine has created a robot version of the infamous bug eating Venus Flytrap, using a material he invented himself several years ago. Named ionic polymeric metal co...


(14/08/2013)
30th October 2013 - 2nd November 2013
Ramada Plaza Jeju Hotel, Jeju, Korea

The 10th International Conference on Ubiquitous Robots and Ambient Intelligence (URAI 2013) will be held in Ramada Plaza Jeju Hotel, Jeju, Kore...