Overview
Describes digital and biological transformation as convergent processes
Explores the use of biological systems in goods manufacture
Describes how biological models, principles and processes are adopted in the resource-efficient, networked manufacture of highly functional products
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Table of contents (19 chapters)
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Front Matter
Keywords
About this book
The global population is expected to rise to 9.8 billion by the year 2050 - with everyone ultimately striving for prosperity. New methods must therefore be found to achieve more efficient production. Research to date shows that the biological inventory that has evolved: its products, processes, principles and tools, can spur modern technology. The development of technological innovations based on biological concepts, with the goal of particularly innovative and sustainable value creation, today is collectively known as "biological transformation". It results in highly functional products with striking properties that can be both manufactured and utilized in a resource-saving way.
In terms of taking responsibility of the good of all people, biological transformation is therefore a path that applied research will have to take. The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft has recognized the developmental technology potential of biological transformation and sees it as its task not only to drive the relevant research forward, but also to promote public awareness of the topic.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Prof. Reimund Neugebauer is the 10th president of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft. He took office on October 1, 2012 and is responsible for the executive board division “Corporate policy and research”.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Biological Transformation
Editors: Reimund Neugebauer
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-59659-3
Publisher: Springer Vieweg Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-662-59658-6Published: 12 September 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-59661-6Published: 13 September 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-59659-3Published: 11 September 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 398
Number of Illustrations: 155 b/w illustrations
Topics: Industrial and Production Engineering, Microbiology, Robotics and Automation, Measurement Science and Instrumentation