BIOMIMICRY OF BIOLOGICAL OPTICAL DEVICES Introduction The article begins with the introduction of biomimicry. People have always been inspired by nature and engineers are no exception! Throughout history, structures, systems, and materials developed by engineers have had roots in natural structures, systems, and materials. Biomimicry is a developing field that involves physical,chemical,biological,computing and economical aspects which are multifunctional. It shows how engineering in biomimicry is comprised of of 3 substages: 1)Bioinspiration 2)Biomimetics 3)Bioreplication Bioinspiration as the word describes is designing a new structure that shows functional similarity to the natural aspect from which it was inspired without reproducing the biological structure responsible for that function. For instance, helicopters hover and so do bumblebees, but their mechanisms for hovering are entirely different. Biomimetics is the replication of the biological structure responsib