2. Bionics, a field of knowledge on the borderline of art and biology dealing with studying,
modeling and analyzing the functioning of organisms.
3. Bionics can be applied not
only in architecture but also
in medicine. It is mainly used
as an aid in everyday life, as
for example dentures,
implants, valves and many
intelligent, automatically
operated devices. A careful
study and copying the
details of the construction of
life forms is very promising,
since it turns out that these
forms are highly developed,
and solutions such as in
nature there are not in any
devices yet.
4. An example of the use of this domain is Leonardo da Vinci and his designs of
aircraft and ships. These are early examples of taking inspiration of engineering
from nature.
