Biomimetics boom calls for standards
ISOfocus talks to two members of ISO technical committee ISO/TC 266, Biomimetics Dr. Ljuba Woppowa, General Secretary of the VDI society Technologies of Life Sciences, and her colleague Dr. Heike Seitz – to discuss the importance of this growing industry and the usefulness of standards. They give answers to the following queations?
1. How is biomimetics different from traditionalscience and engineering?
2. How has biomimetics evolved over the last few years?
3. Is it possible to standardize the highly interdisciplinaryand creative approach of bio-inspiration?
4. Any future meetings? How can people join?