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Biomimetics: Technology Imitates Nature

pump 10 liters a minute at best, which is not sufficient for a great many
ordinary activities. 89
The real heart is nourished and strengthened according to its needs
by the blood it pumps. Such a heart can work for 50 to 60 years with no
need for repairs. The heart possesses the capacity for self-renewal, which
is why it never loses its ability for uninterrupted work. This is yet anoth-
er feature that makes it impossible to imitate artificially.
Our heart, which scientists can only dream of matching with present-
day technology, shows to us the superior knowledge of our Creator and
our Great Lord—God.

From the Immune System, a Solution to the Computer Virus
Menace

Once a single computer is affected by a virus, this means that other
computers in the world may soon be contaminated as well. Many com-
panies, therefore, have seen it necessary to set up an “immune system” to
protect their network systems from viruses and continue to carry out in-
tensive research in this area. One of the centers that is carrying out this
work is the virus isolation laboratory at the IBM's Watson Research Center
in New York. There, a high-security microbiology laboratory works with
lethal viruses, also producing programs that can diagnose the 12,000 or so
viruses identified so far—and also isolate the viruses from a computer in
a safe manner and then kill them.
IBM is only one of the firms trying to construct a worldwide immune
system to protect its existing computer systems from virus threats in the
cyberspace. Steve White, one of the company’s executives, states that to
achieve that end, an immune system like the human body’s is needed.
It's only the existence of an immune system that allows the human race to ex-
ist. Only an immune system in cyberspace will allow it to exist. 90

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