Sensing in nature: Using biomimetics for design of sensors

Sensor Review

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 311-316

  Lenau, Torben ^a   Cheong, Hyunmin ^b   Shu, Li ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biology; Sense organs; Sensors; Sensory perception

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; OPTICAL SENSORS; RESEARCH; SENSORS; STANDARDS; TECHNOLOGY; TERMINOLOGY;

BIO-MIMETIC RESEARCH; BIO-MIMETIC STUDIES; BIOLOGICAL ANALOGIES; BIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BIOLOGICAL SOLUTIONS; BIOLOGY; BIOMIMETIC DESIGN; DESIGN PRINCIPLES; DESIGN TASKS; ENGINEERING DESIGNS; ENGINEERING DISCIPLINES; ENGINEERING PROBLEMS; OF SENSORS; PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS; SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINES; SEARCH METHODS; SEARCH STRATEGIES; SENSE ORGANS; SENSOR DESIGNS; SENSORY PERCEPTION; UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO;

BIOMIMETICS;

EID: 52949112652     PISSN: 02602288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02602280810902604     Document Type: Article

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