![]() ![]() Biomimicry was popularized by scientist and author Janine Benyus in her 1997 book Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature. The term biomimicry appeared as early as 1982. Because the term bionic took on the implication of supernatural strength, the scientific community in English speaking countries largely abandoned it. The term bionic then became associated with "the use of electronically operated artificial body parts" and "having ordinary human powers increased by or as if by the aid of such devices". Bionic took on a different connotation when Martin Caidin referenced Jack Steele and his work in the novel Cyborg which later resulted in the 1974 television series The Six Million Dollar Man and its spin-offs. Bionics entered the same dictionary earlier in 1960 as "a science concerned with the application of data about the functioning of biological systems to the solution of engineering problems". In 1969, Schmitt used the term "biomimetic" in the title one of his papers, and by 1974 it had found its way into Webster's Dictionary. Otto Herbert Schmitt, In Appreciation, A Lifetime of Connections: Otto Herbert Schmitt, 1913 - 1998 ![]() The Wright Brothers, who succeeded in flying the first heavier-than-air aircraft in 1903, allegedly derived inspiration from observations of pigeons in flight. Although never successful in creating a "flying machine", Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) was a keen observer of the anatomy and flight of birds, and made numerous notes and sketches on his observations as well as sketches of "flying machines". One of the early examples of biomimicry was the study of birds to enable human flight. 2.8.1 Inspiration from fruits and plants.Nature has solved engineering problems such as self-healing abilities, environmental exposure tolerance and resistance, hydrophobicity, self-assembly, and harnessing solar energy. Humans have looked at nature for answers to problems throughout their existence. Biomimetics has given rise to new technologies inspired by biological solutions at macro and nanoscales. Living organisms have evolved well-adapted structures and materials over geological time through natural selection. The terms "biomimetics" and "biomimicry" are derived from Ancient Greek: βίος ( bios), life, and μίμησις ( mīmēsis), imitation, from μιμεῖσθαι ( mīmeisthai), to imitate, from μῖμος ( mimos), actor. ![]() īiomimetics or biomimicry is the emulation of the models, systems, and elements of nature for the purpose of solving complex human problems. Giant axons of the longfin inshore squid ( Doryteuthis pealeii) were Marine Biological Laboratory crucial for scientists to understand the action potential. ![]()
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