Books > Professional & Technical > Biochemical engineering > Biotechnology
|
Buy Now
Bioinspired Devices - Emulating Nature's Assembly and Repair Process (Hardcover)
Loot Price: R1,514
Discovery Miles 15 140
|
|
Bioinspired Devices - Emulating Nature's Assembly and Repair Process (Hardcover)
Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days
|
Robotic exoskeletons that allow stroke survivors to regain use of
their limbs, 3D-printed replacement body parts, and dozens of other
innovations still in schematic design are revolutionizing the
treatment of debilitating injuries and nervous system disorders.
What all these technologies have in common is that they are modeled
after engineering strategies found in nature-strategies developed
by a vast array of organisms over eons of evolutionary trial and
error. Eugene Goldfield lays out many principles of engineering
found in the natural world, with a focus on how evolutionary and
developmental adaptations, such as sensory organs and spinal cords,
function within complex organisms. He shows how the component parts
of highly coordinated structures organize themselves into
autonomous functional systems. For example, when people walk,
spinal cord neurons generate coordinated signals that continuously
reorganize patterns of muscle activations during the gait cycle.
This self-organizing capacity is just one of many qualities that
allow biological systems to be robust, adaptive, anticipatory, and
self-repairing. To exploit the full potential of technologies
designed to interact seamlessly with human bodies, properties like
these must be better understood and harnessed at every level, from
molecules to cells to organ systems. Bioinspired Devices brings
together insights from a wide range of fields. A member of the Wyss
Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Goldfield offers
an insider's view of cutting-edge research, and envisions a future
in which synthetic and biological devices share energy sources and
control, blurring the boundary between nature and medicine.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.