bionics

Meaning

Noun

The design of engineering systems, especially electronic ones, based on that of biological systems.
biomimetics

Origin

From bio- + electronics. 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".

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