Airplane Vs. Bird
Winter 1990
| Volume 5
| Issue 3
The use of nature as a pattern (“An Airplane Is Not a Bird,” by John S. Harris, Fall 1989) has been common in many fields of design. Early plastics were often used to mimic other materials. Researchers now are working on computers structured like the human brain. I often wonder whether the result will be a machine capable of jumping to conclusions at blinding speed.
Gary Welch
St. Joseph, Mich.
