Tag: engineering

Abstract mechanism with cogwheels on green meadow

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Author
Steve Laufmann

Date
September 22, 2021

Categorized
Life Sciences

Tagged
bacterial flagellum, CELS, Conference on Engineering in Living Systems, design of complex systems, engineering, engineering principles, Engineers, enterprise architecture, Eric Anderson, Intelligent Design, Steve Laufmann, systems biology, Waldean Schulz}

The Role of Engineers in the Systems Biology Revolution

_{Steve Laufmann

September 22, 2021

Life Sciences}

Today’s ID the Future spotlights systems biology and the role engineers can play in some leading-edge biology. According to guest Steve Laufmann, systems biology is taking the biological world by storm, an approach that treats biological systems as optimally or near-optimally engineered systems and, using that working assumption, seeks to better understand the system. Laufmann says this provides an opening for engineers to contribute, since they have a deep understanding of what it takes to make a complex system work, and what’s required to change one core aspect of an engineered system so that it continues to work with all of the other crucial parts of the system. Many biologists aren’t trained in this, Laufmann says, and most engineers aren’t Read More ›

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Author
Howard Glicksman

Date
August 18, 2021

Tagged
aldosterone, angiotensin, angiotensin I, angiotensin II, arterial blood volume, baroreceptors, blood pressure, cardiac output, Darwinism, downstream resistance, engineering, enzyme, Evolution, homeostasis, Howard Glicksman, hypothalamus, Intelligent Design, norfenefrine, optimal design, renin, sympathetic nervous system, systems biology}

Discovery: Renin Nanotech for Blood Pressure Control, Pt. 2

_{Howard Glicksman

August 18, 2021}

On this ID the Future, physician Howard Glicksman and host Eric Anderson dive deeper into the body’s exquisite blood pressure control system, cueing off a new discovery described at Science Daily as uncovering “the location of natural blood-pressure barometers inside our bodies that have eluded scientists for more than 60 years.” According to the primary research paper at Circulation Research, “Renin-expressing cells are essential for survival, perfected throughout evolution to maintain blood pressure (BP) and fluid-electrolyte homeostasis.” How did evolution perfect the system? How did it originate the system? The paper never says. The mention of evolution appears to be little more than a de rigueur genuflection before the reigning paradigm of blind evolution. What is bearing actual fruit, according to Glicksman Read More ›

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Author
Dominic Halsmer

Date
June 7, 2021

Categorized
Intelligent Design

Tagged
affordance, Affordance Based Design, biology, biomimicry, Dominic Halsmer, ecological psychology, engineering, fine tuning, God hypothesis, Hacking the Cosmos, Intelligent Design, Jonathan Maier, Legos of life, Natural Theology, Oral Roberts University, periodic table of elements, planetary fine tuning, Purdue University, purpose, reverse engineering, systems biology, UCLA}

An Engineer Talks ID, Biomimicry, and Hacking the Cosmos

_{Dominic Halsmer

June 7, 2021

Intelligent Design}

On today’s ID the Future, host Casey Luskin sits down with Dominic Halsmer, a Senior Professor of Engineering at Oral Roberts University, to discuss Halsmer’s recent book, Hacking the Cosmos: How Reverse Engineering Uncovers Organization, Ingenuity and the Care of a Maker. Dr. Halsmer draws on the engineering concept of affordances to explore how Earth and the universe show evidence of having been intelligently engineered to afford the possibility of life, and even for humans to discover evidence of a grand designer. Also in the conversation, the implications of biologists using reverse engineering to better understand biological systems, and of engineers studying clever designs in the biological realm to make engineering breakthroughs, a creative strategy known as biomimicry.

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Author
Robert J. Marks

Date
April 1, 2020

Categorized
Life Sciences, Science

Tagged
__edited, abiogenesis, appropriate technology, Charles Thaxton, chemical evolution, Colorado School of Mines, Dean Kenyon, early atmosphere, Elon Musk, engineering, geochemistry, Intelligent Design, Joint Developments Associates, lead poisoning, Miller-Urey experiment, origin of life, panspermia, pollution, reducing atmosphere, Robert Jastrow, Roger Olsen, Russia, Share International, simulated universe, Soviet Union, Thermodynamics, Walter Bradley, Walter Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence}

Roger Olsen on the Mystery of Life’s Origin on the Early Earth

_{Robert J. Marks

April 1, 2020

Life Sciences, Science}

On this episode of ID the Future, Robert Marks interviews Roger Olsen, co-author of the groundbreaking 1984 book The Mystery of Life’s Origin. In the book’s epilogue they suggested that a designing intelligence stands as the best explanation for the origin of life. And with a revised and greatly expanded new edition of the book now available, he says that 36 years of additional research from the origin-of-life community has left their conclusions stronger than ever. Now an environmental scientist, Olsen has spent his career since then helping homes and families abroad protect children from the ravages of environmental pollution.

Dandelion seeds blowing in the wind across a summer field background, conceptual image meaning change, growth, movement and direction.

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
September 25, 2019

Categorized
Intelligent Design

Tagged
__edited, biomimetics, cone snail, dandelion, engineering, Intelligent Design, mantis shrimp, parachutes, robots}

Intelligent Design: A Gift that Keeps on Giving — Pt. 1

_{Andrew McDiarmid

September 25, 2019

Intelligent Design}

On this episode of ID the Future, Andrew McDiarmid looks at three new discoveries in nature that shout design. The cone snail has a harpoon as fast as a speeding bullet. Researchers are looking at it for design ideas for robots and medical devices. The humble dandelion’s seeds are so optimized for lift and flight time that scientists wonder about borrowing its design for parachutes. And there’s a species, the mantis shrimp, whose larvae have “flashlights” in their eyes similar to advanced optics designed by human researchers. See more on these design wonders at Evolution News.

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Author
Marcos Eberlin

Date
May 6, 2019

Tagged
__edited, cell membrane, engineering, foresight, Marcos Eberlin, methodological naturalism}

Distinguished Chemist Marcos Eberlin Explains How Life’s Problem-Solving Engineering Requires Foresight

_{Marcos Eberlin

May 6, 2019}

On this episode of ID the Future, Jonathan Wells speaks with distinguished Brazilian chemist Marcos Eberlin about Eberlin’s new book Foresight: How the Chemistry of Life Reveals Planning and Purpose. Eberlin is a world leader in the field of mass spectrometry, and the book is endorsed by three Nobel laureates.

Michael Behe Takes on the Darwinian Add-Ons

_{Michael Behe

March 27, 2019}

On this episode of ID the Future, Andrew McDiarmid interviews biochemist Michael Behe about Part 2 of his new book Darwin Devolves: The New Science about DNA That Challenges Evolution. In this part of the book, Behe covers current theories for the origin of complex new interactive systems, from Neo-Darwinism and neutral theory to evo-devo and the multiverse hypothesis, and a few others as well. Please consider donating to support the IDTF Podcast.

Immunity. Red blood cells with antibodies in an artery, flow inside body. 3d Illustration

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Author
Howard Glicksman

Date
September 27, 2017

Tagged
__edited, biology, Cardio-Pulmonary Arrest, Darwin, Darwinism, Debate Evolution, Design, engineering, Evolution, fine-tuning, homeostasis, irreducible complexity, oxygen}

A Doctor Examines How the Body Meets Its Need for Oxygen

_{Howard Glicksman

September 27, 2017}

On this episode of ID the Future, Ray Bohlin interviews physician Howard Glicksman about hemoglobin and the body’s need to have enough of it to transport sufficient oxygen to the tissues. Finely-tuned and exquisitely engineered, this system gave our ancestors enough oxygen to not only stay alive but thrive in the face of hostile challenges. Dr. Glicksman is author of an extended series of posts at Evolution News & Science Today, “The Designed Body.”

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
April 2, 2014

Tagged
__edited, Biologic Institute, engineering, genetics, Molecular Genetics}

Why Popular Ideas about Human-Chimp Comparisons Are Misleading or Wrong

_{Ann Gauger

April 2, 2014}

On this episode of ID the Future, biologist Ann Gauger discusses the popular science myth that human DNA is only 1% different from that of chimps. Dr. Gauger shows why this common claim is false, looking at genomic evidence as well as large-scale differences between humans and chimps. Ann Gauger is a senior research scientist at Biologic Institute. Her work uses molecular genetics and genomic engineering to study the origin, organization and operation of metabolic pathways. Her research has been published in Nature, Development, and the Journal of Biological Chemistry.

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
July 1, 2013

Tagged
__edited, biological systems, engineering, human design, Neil Steiner}

Dr. Neil Steiner: Comparing Natural and Human-Engineered Systems

_{Casey Luskin

July 1, 2013}

On this episode of ID the Future, listen in as Casey Luskin talks with Dr. Neil Steiner, an engineer who works on computer and engineering research with the Information Sciences Institute at University of Southern California. Dr. Steiner offers his expertise to give unique insight into the debate over intelligent design and evolution, comparing natural biological systems to human designed technology.