BioInspired! So What? Now What!

Focus: "the latest progress in the fields of Electroactive Polymers (EAP) and biomimetics."

Edited by:

Yoseph Bar-Cohen, Ph. D., 
Senior Research Scientist, 
Group Supervisor, Electroactive Technologies and NDEAA Lab
Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL), MS 67-119
4800 Oak Grove Dr., Pasadena, CA 91109-8099
Web: http://ndeaa.jpl.nasa.gov

Additional information at the WW-EAP Webhub http://eap.jpl.nasa.gov

The International Society of Bionic Engineering (ISBE) is an educational, non-profit, non-political organization formed in 2010 to foster the exchange of information on bionic engineering research, development and application.

Costas Loucaides has posted information on his "... investigation project based in the city of Milan, around the Naviglii area. The experimental project follows from the thesis project in the fifth year of the degree, investigating the potentials of biomimetics in urban regeneration of modern, fast moving cities."

From the website, which also includes a Table of Contents:

This is a thoroughly revised, updated, and expanded edition of a classic illustrated introduction to the structural materials in natural organisms and what we can learn from them to improve man-made technolog---from nanotechnology to textiles to architecture. Julian Vincent's book has long been recognized as a standard work on the engineering design of biomaterials and is used by undergraduates, graduates, researchers, and professionals studying biology, zoology, engineering, and biologically inspired design. This third edition incorporates new developments in the field, the most important of which have been at the molecular level. All of the illustrations have been redrawn, the references have been updated, and a new chapter on biomimetic design has been added.

This is a four-part program in German and French:

1. The art of movement: March 4
2. Building with efficiency: March 11
3. Orientation in the chaos: March 18
4. Materials of the future: March 25