Biomimetics: Nature-Based Innovation

by Yoseph Bar-Cohen

Mimicking nature - from science fiction to engineering reality

Humans have always looked to nature's inventions as a source of inspiration. The observation of flying birds and insects leads to innovations in aeronautics. Collision avoidance sensors mimic the whiskers of rodents. Optimization algorithms are based on survival of the fittest, the seed-picking process of pigeons, or the behavior of ant colonies. In recent years these...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1439834768
• ISBN13: 9781439834763
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Length: 788 Pages
• Weight: 3.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 7.2" x 10.1"