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Inventing from Biology

Inventing from Biology. Julian Vincent , Adrian Bowyer , Olga Bogatyreva, Nikolay Bogatyrev , Anja-Karina Pahl, David Stewart. The Centre for Biomimetic and Natural Technologies, Department of Mechanical Engineering, the University of Bath, BA2 7AY, UK.

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Inventing from Biology

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  1. Inventing from Biology Julian Vincent, Adrian Bowyer,Olga Bogatyreva, Nikolay Bogatyrev, Anja-Karina Pahl, David Stewart. The Centre for Biomimetic and Natural Technologies, Department of Mechanical Engineering, the University of Bath, BA2 7AY, UK • In October 2001 we began a project, funded by EPSRC, the main goal of which was to make data from biology suitable for use in technology. We think that technology can greatly benefit from inclusion of solutions from the billions of years of evolution in the natural world. So, we decided to create a database of biological “inventions”. • In industry and society a set of methods and procedures for making knowledge transfer between biology and engineering more reliable and manageable are urgently required. We consider that the most relevant technique to act as this bridge is the Russian method TRIZ - the acronym (in Russian) for Theory of Inventive Problem Solving.  TRIZ was originally developed within engineering physics and chemistry describing mechanics, geometry, and electrical and chemical principles. More recent applications occurred in management, advertising and business consulting. However TRIZ developers mostly avoided the vast area of biology. This field comprises numerous subsets or levels, for example the biosphere, a landscape, biocenoses, populations, individuals, organ-systems, organs, tissues, cells, organelles, and so on. At the University of Bath, we are expanding the existing TRIZ framework to incorporate biological data and biomimetic thinking. All our efforts are leading to the design of a biological effects database and recipes for biomimetic invention. • You are welcome to try our DATEBASE and to send you opinion to Biotriz@bath.ac.uk • As the result of our project:: • We have uncovered some important teleological issues (with respect to the purpose of actions) and epistemological issues, which have not previously been addressed by the TRIZ system (for more information, see this paper). • Developed a recipefor knowledge transfer from biology to engineering • On the base of our synthesis between TRIZ and General System Theory, we designed a tool for facilitating innovation and present it in our workshops. If you want to attend, please, contact Ms. Anja-Karina Pahl ensakp@bath.ac.uk

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