John Summerscales wrote:
> ** Biomimetic Coatings [BIOM]
> Biomimetics is the science of mimicking nature to develop materials
> with novel properties.
That definition from the Paint Research Association is rather narrow, I
think - for example we are working on extracting rules of behaviour from
the social insects and applying the results in robotics - biomimetics,
but nothing to do with materials.
> http://www.pra.org.uk/research/projects/biom.htm
> http://www.pra.org.uk/research/projects/biceps.htm
Very interesting. Those who agree may also care to look at
http://www.botanik.uni-bonn.de/system/bionics.htm
and
http://www.ispo-online.de/islotuse.htm
which are about the incorporation of the lotus effect into paints.
Yours
Adrian
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