The field of bionics describes the transfer of problem solutions from biology to modern technology. Fascinating technologies have developed in the animal and plant world over many millions of years, which we can use profitably in our lives today. This also applies to the field of medicine. For example, we can learn from mussels how a biological tissue adhesive works that holds much better than all previously known adhesives, even under water.

Many animals have a keen sense of hearing that allows them to hear the finest differences. In some cases, they also use different frequencies than we humans do and thus make better use of the physical properties of sound conduction. For example, whales can communicate with each other over very long distances under water.

Using the example of bionics and whales, the generation of scientific knowledge is described in an exciting seminar. Similar to whales, with modern technology we can hear far into the body, since it consists mostly of water. The possibilities of sound-based diagnostics using biosignal analysis are described using various examples and the potential and advantages of acoustic diagnostics are shown.