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Biologically Inspired Designs

Michael Agar
Ali Minai gave an interesting introduction to "biomorphic engineering"
during the pedagogical talk day last Sunday here at the NECSI
conference.
http://www.necsi.org/community/wiki/index.php/ICCS06/Ali_Minai Among
many interesting things, he talked about how engineering consisted of
design, production and operation, and that biomorphic engineering tended
to focus only on the last, operation, a mistake in his view.

Mike

>>> fromm at vs.uni-kassel.de 06/30/06 3:58 AM >>>

Mother Nature's Design Workshop
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jun2006/tc20060627_504809.htm

Slide show
http://images.businessweek.com/ss/06/06/critters/index_01.htm

SlashDot Discussion
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/06/27/135249


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Biologically Inspired Designs

Douglas Roberts-2
They actually schedule the pedagogical talks at NECSI?  I want to go next
year!!

*ped?a?gog?ic*   [image: Audio pronunciation of
"pedagogical"]<https://secure.reference.com/premium/login.html?rd=2&u=http%3A%2F%2Fdictionary.reference.com%2Fbrowse%2Fpedagogical>
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  (pd-gjk, -gjk) also *ped?a?gog?i?cal* (-gj-kl, -gj-)
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   1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of pedagogy.
   2. Characterized by pedantic formality: a haughty, pedagogic manner.

Oh, and Mike: ---->  :-}

--Doug

On 6/30/06, Michael Agar <magar at anth.umd.edu> wrote:

>
> Ali Minai gave an interesting introduction to "biomorphic engineering"
> during the pedagogical talk day last Sunday here at the NECSI
> conference.
> http://www.necsi.org/community/wiki/index.php/ICCS06/Ali_Minai Among
> many interesting things, he talked about how engineering consisted of
> design, production and operation, and that biomorphic engineering tended
> to focus only on the last, operation, a mistake in his view.
>
> Mike
>
> >>> fromm at vs.uni-kassel.de 06/30/06 3:58 AM >>>
>
> Mother Nature's Design Workshop
>
> http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jun2006/tc20060627_504809.htm
>
> Slide show
> http://images.businessweek.com/ss/06/06/critters/index_01.htm
>
> SlashDot Discussion
> http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/06/27/135249
>
>
> ============================================================
> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv
> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College
> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
>
>
> ============================================================
> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv
> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College
> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
>



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Biologically Inspired Designs

Jochen Fromm-3
 
Mike, the pedagogical talks aside ;-), what are the highlights of the NECSI
conference so far ? What talks did you find interesting ?

-J.
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They actually schedule the pedagogical talks at NECSI?  I want to go next
year!!