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Special February 2021

Bionics: How humans learn from nature

Many solutions for medical devices come and came from nature! One speaks of bionics when there are already solutions in nature to answer technical questions. It is time to take a closer look at this field.

Using nature’s design principles to create new technology

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Humans have always looked to nature for inspiration to build more efficient products – bionics or biologically inspired engineering has long since moved on from the first attempts to mimic nature. Its design principles are applied in many medical fields to improve health technology. How has bionics evolved in recent years and what is its approach to sustainability?

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Bionics: Turning biological models into technical systems

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Does nature have the solution to every problem? Bionics experts conclude that this is the case. They consider nature a fount of knowledge that may hold the key to solving technical problems. Medical technology is one of the many areas that reaps the benefits. We wanted to know more about this exciting field of research and asked Professor Tobias Seidl, an expert in this discipline.

Click here for the interview with Prof. Tobias Seidl