1.1 Learning from nature
Nature is the
physical, natural
and material world of life that exists without
human intervention. It includes landscape
sceneries, water and forest ecosystems,
weather, organisms, geology, celestial bodies
and inanimate objects, etc. Organisms have
well-adapted structures and that make them
survive on their immediate environment.
Nature provides us with doable structures and
forms which can be developed as functional
and applicable mechanisms for various
technological systems. Scientists and
engineers learn from nature through imitation
of physical structures, shapes, materials and
functional mechanisms of natural facts. The
better their understanding the diverse nature
of biological materials, the better their ability
to develop technologies. Using imitation of
nature, they can sketch the biological
structures, design functional mechanisms and
tune into more efficient technologies at macro
(large) and nano (very small) scales through
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