Merging Mechanical and Life Sciences
April 8, 2008
A specific study draws on interdisciplinary research on the mechanical and life sciences – bionics. Bionics is the study of living systems with the intention of applying their principles to the design of engineering systems. So far, it has already been used to develop audio-visual equipment based on human eye and ear function, to design air and naval crafts patterned after the biological structure of birds and fish and to incorporate principles of the human neurological system in data processing systems. However, the most popular application is the development of experimental artificial limbs that can be controlled by a person’s thoughts and retinal implants consisting of an electrode array that receives visual data from an external camera, not much unlike the “Six Million Dollar Man’ of the popular 70s television show.
Bionics can do its share in the analysis of biological processes and structures which can be synthesized for the designs of the future.
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