bionics
noun
- application of biology to engineering and technology
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈbaɪˌɒnɪks/
noun
Etymology: From bio- + electronics. Coined by US Air Force medical doctor Jack E. Steele in 1958 to refer to the "flow of concepts from biology to engineering and vice versa".
- The design of engineering systems, especially electronic ones, based on that of biological systems.
- biomimetics