| Author: | Port, O. |
| Title: | Thinking machines |
| Journal: | Business Week
2000 : AUG 7, VOL. 3677:1007, p. 66-69 |
| Index terms: | COMPUTERS MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | After years of hype and letdowns, computers are starting to acquire real factory smarts. The trouble with engineers, says Andrew J. Keane, a mechanical engineer at Britain's University of Southampton, "is that we are trained to think with regular geometry -- straight lines, circles, and 45-degree angles. But take a look at nature. How many bones in the human body have straight edges?" Answer: none. And when it comes to manufacturing, it pays to take a cue from Mother Nature. |
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