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1	Bionics for the Evil Genius: 25 Build-It-Yourself Projects more books like this by Newton C Braga add to wishlist The best-selling "Evil Genius" format provides hobbyists with a fun and inexpensive way to learn bionics via 25 complete projects. Once the focus of popular 70's TV, bionics (integrating mechanical and electronic materials with living matter) are being used more than ever to replace or repair physiological or anatomical functions or disorders. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99!
2	Genesis Machines: The New Science of Biocomputing more books like this by Martyn Amos add to wishlist The next generation of computers are coming - and they're like nothing we've seen before. Scientists are turning away from silicon chips and instead are using real, wet, squishy, perhaps even living biology to build machines that could change the world forever. Cells, gels and DNA strands are the 'wetware' of the twenty-first century. Imagine ... see all copies from $3.45! new only from $6.60! \| SVS
3	Pulse: The Coming Age of Systems and Machines Inspired by Living Things more books like this by Robert Frenay add to wishlist Written in lively prose for lay readers, "Pulse" shows how ideas that have shaped Western science, industry, and culture for centuries are being displaced by the rapid and dramatic rise of a "new biology"--by human systems and machines that work like living things. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| first editions \| SVS
4	The Body Electric: An Anatomy of the New Bionic Senses more books like this by James Geary add to wishlist Marie, a 63-year-old Belgian woman, has been totally blind since the age of 57. But now, thanks to electrodes implanted around her right optic nerve, she can see lights, shapes and colours again. A motorcycle accident in 1993 left Brian Holgersen, a 30-year-old Dane, paralysed from the neck down. But he can now hold a cup, lift a fork and grasp a ... see all copies from $2.53! new only from $4.63! \| first editions \| SVS
5	McGrowl #6 more books like this by Bob Balaban add to wishlist McGrowl and his favorite doggy companion, Miss Pooch, have puppies! Thomas and Violet are thrilled with the adorable new playmates. But will McGrowl's cuddly offspring inherit their dad's incredible bionic powers--or their mom's predilection for naughtiness?! Meanwhile, the diabolical Smudge and Bunting have been suspiciously silent. Are they ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.01!
6	Robots and Biological Systems: Towards a New Bionics? more books like this by Paolo Dario add to wishlist Bionics evolved in the 1960s as a framework to pursue thedevelopment of artificial systems based on the study ofbiological systems. Numerous disciplines and technologies, including artificial intelligence and learningdevices, information processing, systems architecture and control, perception, sensory mechanisms, and bioenergetics, contributed to ... see all copies from $53.82! new only from $173.06! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Biologically-Inspired Intelligent Robots more books like this by Yoseph Bar-Cohen (Editor), Cynthia Breazeat (Editor) add to wishlist The multidisciplinary issues involved in developing biologically-inspired intelligent robots include materials, actuators, sensors, structures, functionality, control, intelligence and autonomy. This is a review of various aspects ranging from the biological model to the vision for the future. see all copies from $77.95! new only from $120.70!
8	Bionics more books like this by Melvin Berger add to wishlist An introduction to the science that is concerned with providing new parts for the human body, such as artificial limbs, organs, senses, and even intelligence. see all copies from $1.99! first editions
9	The World of Bionics more books like this by Alvin Silverstein add to wishlist Discusses the rapidly expanding field of bionics in which scientists seek o copy and improve upon nature's devices for seeing, hearing, reasoning, and other functions. see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
10	Bionics: Man Copies Nature's Machines more books like this by Alvin Silverstein add to wishlist Describes the new science devoted to the study of systems in living things such as sound-location, memory and learning, heat detection, and biological clocks and the application of the findings to man-made systems. see all copies from $1.99! first editions
11	Cybernetic engineering more books like this by John Frederick Young add to wishlist see all copies from $3.60! first editions \| SVS
12	Non Analytical Meth Motor Control more books like this by Rajko Tomovic add to wishlist This text describes non-conventional methods of control of human extremities, emphasizing the fact that conventional approaches used in robotics are limited when used in humans for restoration of reaching and grasping (goal-oriented movements), standing and locomotion (cyclic movements). The use of artificial neural networks, inductive learning, ... see all copies from $50.00!
13	Artificial Humans: Transplants and Bionics more books like this by Thomas H. Metos add to wishlist Discusses the history, present use, and future of artificial body parts, including replacements for limbs, bone, skin, and organs. see all copies from $1.99!
14	Super Humans: Beginner's Guide more books like this by Simon Beecroft, Sarah Angliss, Ian Thompson (Illustrator) add to wishlist Looks at possible future methods for prolonging life, such as genetic engineering and the use of artificial body parts. Also discusses robots, artificial intelligence, cybernetics, cloning, and other technologies. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $15.99!
15	Biological prototypes and synthetic systems; proceedings. more books like this by Eugene E. Bernard, Morley Richard Kare, Cornell University, General Electric Company. Advanced Electronics Center add to wishlist see all copies from $2.05! SVS
16	Bionic Human more books like this by Allan B Cobb add to wishlist Ripped from Today's Headlines, Here Are Six Important Titles Focusing on the Future of Medical Technology This series of books highlights current and future trends in advancing medical technology, from the use of new materials for artificial organs to the genetic engineering of disease-free human beings. New diagnostic imaging systems have made it ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $26.85! \| first editions
17	Super Humans more books like this by Simon Beecroft, Sarah Angliss, Stephen Sweet (Illustrator) add to wishlist Looks at possible future methods for prolonging life, such as genetic engineering and the use of artificial body parts. Also discusses robots, artificial intelligence, cybernetics, cloning, and other technologies. see all copies from $1.99!
18	Bionics more books like this by Maxine Rosaler add to wishlist Bionics is the science of fusing artificial parts with human parts in order to duplicate body functions. Though most people understand bionics to be the creation of "superhumans," the practical applications are less dramatic, such as hearing aids, artificial limbs, and artificial hearts. In fact one out of every ten Americans depends on some type ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $15.00!
19 view cover	Biomimetics: Biologically Inspired Technologies more books like this by Yoseph Bar-Cohen add to wishlist Nature is the world's foremost designer. With billions of years of experience and boasting the most extensive laboratory available, it conducts research in every branch of engineering and science. Nature's designs and capabilities have always inspired technology, from the use of tongs and tweezers to genetic algorithms and autonomous legged robots ... see all copies from $181.26! new only from $181.26!
20	Automaton theory and modeling of biological systems more books like this by Mikhail Lovich TSetlin add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99!
21	Cybernetic Systems of Limb Movements in Man, Animals, and Robots more books like this by Adam Morecki add to wishlist see all copies from $59.00! new only from $63.00! \| first editions
22 view cover	Bionics more books like this by Judith Jango-Cohen add to wishlist Hugh has two artificial legs. Kerrick has a machine in his chest that keeps his heart beating at the correct speed. And Lyn has a device attached to her skull bone that helps her hearing. What do these people have in common? They have all received help from bionicsthe science of using mechanical devices to replace body parts or to help the body ... see all copies from $3.49! new only from $7.95! \| SVS
23	Cybernetics and biology more books like this by Frank Honywill George add to wishlist see all copies from $3.19! first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	The Bionic Hand more books like this by Adam Woog add to wishlist see all copies from $15.78! new only from $17.93! \| SVS
25 view cover	Biologisches Design: Systematischer Katalog Fa1/4r Bionisches Gestalten more books like this by Werner Nachtigall add to wishlist Biologisches Design ist die Umsetzung der bewAhrten Gestaltungs- und Konstruktionsprinzipien, die die Natur entwickelt hat, fA1/4r technische LAsungen. Mit diesem Nachschlagwerk wird eine systematische Katalogisierung der LAsungen angeboten, die dem Designer oder Konstrukteur einen groAen Fundus zur kreativen Umsetzung in der Technik liefert. see all copies from $145.26! new only from $145.26! \| SVS

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