Publications [#231263] of Steven Vogel
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- S. Vogel, Nature's swell, but is it worth copying?,
MRS Bulletin, vol. 28 no. 6
(2003),
pp. 404-408 .
(last updated on 2016/01/14)Abstract:
Biomimetics has become a buzzword. It has rapidly acquired a community with no small stake in its promise, so it is worth examining. Dismissing natural preeminence as technophobic mythology might imply that biomimetics is an odd manifestation (or capitalization on) a current of cultural pantheism. Paradoxically, perhaps, that dismal corollary proves spurious. Nature's technology differs from that of humans along a host of axes, and in those differences lies the promise of biomimetics. This assertion is supported with examples. First, a few low-stiffness designs are considered, followed by some anisotropic composites.