Biomimetic bio-inspired biomorph sustainable? An attempt to classify and clarify biology-derived technical developments.
Bioinspir Biomim
; 12(1): 011004, 2017 01 24.
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| ID: mdl-28118154
Over the last few decades, the systematic approach of knowledge transfer from biological concept generators to technical applications has received increasing attention, particularly because marketable bio-derived developments are often described as sustainable. The objective of this paper is to rationalize and refine the discussion about bio-derived developments also with respect to sustainability by taking descriptive, normative and emotional aspects into consideration. In the framework of supervised learning, a dataset of 70 biology-derived and technology-derived developments characterised by 9 different attributes together with their respective values and assigned to one of 17 classes was created. On the basis of the dataset a decision tree was generated which can be used as a straightforward classification tool to identify biology-derived and technology-derived developments. The validation of the applied learning procedure achieved an average accuracy of 90.0%. Additional extraordinary qualities of technical applications are generally discussed by means of selected biology-derived and technology-derived examples with reference to normative (contribution to sustainability) and emotional aspects (aesthetics and symbolic character). In the context of a case study from the building sector, all aspects are critically discussed.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Biologia
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Biomimética
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Crescimento Sustentável
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Bioinspir Biomim
Assunto da revista:
BIOLOGIA
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ENGENHARIA BIOMEDICA
Ano de publicação:
2017
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Alemanha