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Biomimetics: Technology Imitates Nature

ladder—to try to draw inspiration from (much less imitate) other living
things which, allegedly, are so much more primitive than they are.
If more advanced living things take the designs of “primitive” ones
as models, that means that we’ll be basing a large part of our future tech-
nology on the structure of those so-called lesser organisms. That, in turn,
is a fundamental violation of the theory of evolution, whose logic main-
tains that living things too primitive to adapt to their environments soon
became extinct, while the remaining “higher” ones evolved and succeed-
ed.
Biomimetics, while placing the proponents of evolution in a vicious
circle, is expanding by the day and coming to dominate scientific thought.
In the light of this, yet another new scientific branch has emerged: bio-
mimicry, or the science of imitating the behavior of living creatures.
This book considers the advances that biomimetics and biomimicry
have made by taking nature as their model. It examines the flawless but
hitherto, little noted systems that have existed ever since living things
were first created. It also describes how nature’s many varied and highly
efficient mechanisms, which baffle the proponents of evolution, are all
products of our Lord’s unique creation.

What Is Biomimetics?

Biomimetics and biomimicry are both aimed at solving problems by
first examining, and then imitating or drawing inspiration from models in
nature.
Biomimetics is the term used to describe the substances, equipment,
mechanisms and systems by which humans imitate natural systems and
designs, especially in the fields of defense, nanotechnology 1, robot tech-
nology, and artificial intelligence (also known as AI, for short).
The concept of biomimicry, first put forth by Janine M. Benyus, a

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