TECHNOLOGY TO MIMIC MOTHER NATURE RESEARCHERS LOOK TO TAP INTO A WHOLE WORLD OF POSSIBILITIES

From: The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) | Date: August 22, 2005| Author: | Copyright information

If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then Mother Nature is smiling broadly. The science of imitating nature an approach called biomimetics is reaching out in deeper and more varied ways that ultimately seek to improve current technologies or create completely new ones.

Biomimetics work includes moving lab-grown tissue inspired by the real thing into the body to fix organs, and building robots that process information more like humans do, in order to better identify objects.

Advocates also attempt to lift processes from the human body, such as how it heals itself, and introduce ...

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