To improve mimicry of musculoskeletal physiology, dynamic cultures, provided via shear or mechanical stimulation, have also been developed and demonstrated as beneficial.
However, side-chain grafting is limited by the availability of scaffolds with compatible backbone for a given epitope structure and offers no route to modify backbone structure to improve mimicry or binding affinity.
Applying bio-mimicry intelligence to the aerodynamic performance of tall slender buildings has potential to lead to not only improved response to wind loading, but generate savings in material and construction costs, affect energy consumption by providing self-shading and controlling local air flow to promote local wind energy generation and ventilation strategies.
But if LoveProps' work seems like mere mimicry, one of its two members clarified on Reddit that it's not: "It's not just a replica, it's a redesigned and improved (model and hardware) version of a Daft Punk helmet," said FutureGuyMike, who originally posted the project to the site.
Broadly, the field has two complementary goals: To improve understanding of biological systems through mimicry and to produce bio-orthogonal systems with new functions.
Honda is looking to nature to improve the safety of driving, using bio-mimicry of the behavior of a school of fish to inform a new technical concept it's unveiling at CES called Safe Swarm.
Recent findings relating OT to action imitation and to the visual processing of the eye region of faces point to mimicry as a mechanism through which OT improves processing of emotional expression.
It's to the point where it is not improving street photography, but rather causing a lot of mimicry, which leads to more and more tired and boring images.
Some traits reduce the risk of predator attacks, such as cryptic coloration, Batesian, or Müllerian mimicry, whereas other traits, for example startle displays, improve prey survival during an attack (Edmunds 1974).
Additionally, direct evidence is scarce that chemical mimicry is indeed beneficial to the parasites (e.g., by improving social acceptance).
Additionally, we describe the potential of miRNA-based technologies to improve disease resistance in rice, including transgenic and genome editing methods and the use of artificial miRNA or target mimicry techniques.
