Talk:Biomechanics
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[edit] Broaden the entry
I think that the entry for biomechanics needs to be substantially broadened. Currently, there is a lot of interesting information, but it seems relly human-centric. The field has practitioners working on plants, on insect flight, on marine filter feeders in addition to the large contingent working on human locomotion and fluid systems. I agree with the suggestion that it needs a more general introduction that can encompass these things, and the rest can be subdivided. mooseo 21:55, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
I'm suspicious of this tensegrity stuff. Biomechanics is a real academic discipline with meetings and text books and courses named Biomechanics 101 etc. I doubt Buckminster Fuller comes up in that context. But I'll leave it to someone who's actually studied biomechanics to cull or delineate the material that doesn't pertain to what biologists and exercise physiologists mean by biomechanics.
I'm not sure where the tensegrity connection is. Perhaps the editor meant that tissues remodel in response to applied loads? Growth and remodeling is supported by recent investigations in the open literature. Besides that, I propose that more attention be given to the continuum level solid/fluid mechanics and computational modeling of tissue behavior. It is a rather gross oversimplification to limit the article to limbs and the kinematics of entire organisms.
[edit] Wikipedia version 1.0 compliance
Our goal should be to make this article comply with Wikipedia version 1.0 standards.
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There is a decent amount of material, but it looks a bit disorganized. I tried to rearrange a few things last night and add some content, but it still needs more work. In particular, the introduction will need to be more general and touch on more areas. We can save the nitty gritty math and physiology details for subheadings for the people who are really interested in that stuff.
[edit] Cleanup
I just added the cleanup template to the article. It has some good stuff, but a lot of the sections belong as articles (and many already are). This article should focus on the core of "Biomechanics" and let other articles talk about continuum mechanics or non-Newtonian fluids. —Ben FrantzDale 01:42, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] "Biomechanics" in fiction
Should something be added about "biomechanical" often referring to creatures that are a combination of organic and mechanical in science fiction? urutapu 05:39, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
I don't really think so. I'm not a major sci-fi fan, but I was under the impression that was usually referred to as a Cyborg, which already has a pretty extensive entry. As someone mentioned above, biomechanics is an actual academic discipline mooseo 21:50, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
Actually, "biomechanical" refers to organic objects that have a mechanical or semi-mechanical appearance, such as the Derelict and the Aliens, both of which were designed by H.R. Giger. The closest page to "Biomechanics in fiction" currently available would have to be the Biomechanoid page.--Jesse Mulkey 16:20, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
