Bioinspiration | Wikipedia audio article
Channel: Subhajit Sahu
Date: 30/12/2018

This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bioinspiration


00:00:58 1 History
00:02:12 1.1 The current field of research
00:02:53 2 Typical characteristics of bioinspiration
00:03:05 2.1 Function
00:03:36 2.2 A limitless source of ideas
00:04:19 2.3 Simplicity
00:04:45 2.4 Trans-cultural field
00:05:40 3 Technical applications



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Bioinspiration is the development of novel materials, devices, and structures inspired by biological evolution and refinement which has occurred over millions of years. The goal is to improve modeling and simulation of the biological system to attain a better understanding of the nature's critical structural features, such as a wing, for use in future bioinspired designs. Bioinspiration differs from biomimicry in that the latter aims to precisely replicate the designs of biological materials. Bioinspired research is a return to the classical origins of science: it is a field based on observing the remarkable functions that characterize living organisms, and trying to abstract and imitate those functions.