Abstract: The special issue consists of 13 significant articles. The first section contains two survey articles. In “â€کWhere Are We Now and Where Are We Going?’: The BioM Innovation Database,â€‌ Jacobs, Nichol, and Helms carefully ...

Abstract: Locating relevant biological analogies is a challenge that lies at the heart of practicing biologically inspired design. Current computerassisted biologically inspired design tools require humanintheloop synthesis of biology ...

Abstract: Applying previous solutions to solve new problems is a core aspect of design, and designers routinely use informal analogies to solve a wide variety of design problems. However, when the goal is to consider a large quantity ...