bionics

Etymology
From. Coined by US Air Force medical doctor Jack E. Steele in 1958 to refer to the "flow of concepts from biology to engineering and vice versa".

Noun

 * 1) The design of engineering systems, especially electronic ones, based on that of biological systems.
 * 2) biomimetics

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