(a)
The science
of connecting biological systems
to artifical organs, or other systems.
(b) An attempt to develop better machines through understanding of biological
design principles or imitation of biology. The first use is most common among
transhumanists and science
fiction fans, the other is most common among cyberneticists. [Origin
uncertain, although it seems to have been popularized by The Six Million
Dollar Man]
Literally,
the merger of biological and economic theory. In its more figurative sense,
the merger of the world of the made and the world of the born. Bionomics will flourish as an academic discipline
because as the two worlds merge, economic systems
will assume the properties of biological ones. [The 500-Year Delta, Jim
Taylor and Watts Wacker 1997]
(a)
The science
of connecting biological systems
to artificial organs, or other systems.
(b) An attempt to develop better machines through understanding of biological
design principles or imitation of biology. The first use is most common among
transhumanists and science
fiction fans, the other is most common among cyberneticists. [Origin
uncertain, although it seems to have been popularized by The Six Million
Dollar Man]
