Issue number 2 is out and will shortly be available (free) at the website http://jbe.jlu.edu.cn/ Papers are: A "living" machine. NR Bogatyrev Analysis of maneuvering flight in an insect. S Sunada et el. Hydrodynamic analysis of C-start in Crucian carp. Jing et al. Computation of unsteady flow past a biomimetic fin Liu et al. Means, advantages and limits of merging biology with technology OA Bogatyreva et al. Study of a bionic pattern classifier based on olfactory neural system. Li et al. Remember you can order a free subscription from the web site. This is the only journal which specialises in bionic/biomimetic designs. Send your MSS to me (address below) or by email to the main office (see URL above). Julian -- Julian FV Vincent [log in to unmask] Professor of Biomimetics office 01225 386596 Centre for Biomimetics & Natural Technologies mobile 07941 933901 Dept of Mechanical Engineering fax 01225 386928 The University BATH BA2 7AY http://www.bath.ac.uk/Departments/Eng/biomimetics/ I hate quotations. Tell me what you know. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)