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* Despite metallic technology being just as, if not more efficient than organic, the Vajra of ''[[Macross Frontier]]'' have very good reasons for using extremely advanced organic technology as ships: {{spoiler|the Vajra ''are'' the ships. Each drone, though stupid individually, are linked together by [[Subspace Ansible|fold quartz]], to form the entity known as Vajra, a massive [[Hive Mind]]. The Vajra (at least in the Milky Way) is not a species of individuals, but an individual spread out over a species. It makes sense for each cell of itself to wish to remain organic, but efficient.}}
* ''[[Brain Powerd]]'', which used "organic" more as a bizarre form of phlebotinum than anything else.
* ''[[One Piece]]''
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** Many of Doctor Vegepunk's inventions, including [[Cyborg| the Pacifistas]] and artificially grown replicants of Devil Fruit. He has even turned his own brain into a giant supercomputer that is separate from his body, and has plans to turn it into a fantasy version of the internet!
** Many actual Devil Fruits give the user powers with machine-like themes. For instance, Baby-5's ''Buki Buki no Mi'' lets her change her body (in whole or in part) into any weapon, ancient or modern, her partner Buffalo ate the ''Guru Guru no Mi'' that lets him sprout functional rotory blades on his body (enabling him to act as a living prop plane, helicopter, turbine, or boat), while Capone Bege's ''Shiro Shiro no Mi'' has turned his body into a living fortress (that can hold a small army in miniaturized form) with artillery included, and can also change his legs into tank treads.
* [[Tenchi Muyo!|Jurai technology]] has a rare variation in being plant-based instead of animal-based, including spacecraft and log-shaped guardian robots.
** Justified by the fact that they have a very powerful patron goddess, who <s>got emo</s> decided to experiment and turned herself into a tree a while back. So, naturally, the seeds of the tree that is technically a deity grow into very, very powerful and useful plants. The trees that form the basis of Jurai technology are therefore technically lesser gods or at least demigods, though the Juraians themselves don't think of it that way. Which is a point of contention with one of their major rival nations, the theocratic Airai, who think Jurai doesn't deserve the blessing of gods they don't even worship.
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* In [[Frank Miller]]'s miniseries ''[[Ronin (comics)|Ronin]]'', this form of technology plays a critical role.
* The 1990s [[Jim Shooter]] comic book ''[[Warriors of Plasm]]'' was about an extradimensional civilization which was entirely biotech-based.
* [[Fantastic Four]] villain the Mad Thinker is a master of robotics, and has built many androids using this process. For example, one of his earliest creations, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Awesome_Android the Awesome Android], is a synthetic clone created using gorilla DNA and unstable molecules combined with a mechanical body and powerful microcomputer, a combination of a robot and "true" android.
== [[Fan Works]] ==
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** It also has ram skulls in it, and a mouse has set up a little nest. The skulls seem to make it work faster, and they have no idea ''what'' the mouse is for but it stops working when they take it out.
* ''[[A Simple Survey]]'' has a short story with a grotesque form of this: technology based on organs of human beings. Examples include: frying pans with artificial skin to measure heat (preventing food from being overcooked), ladles with lips to taste their contents, and cameras that use eyeballs to focus at long distances.
* In ''[[Star Wars]]'' [[Expanded Universe]] lore, there is Orbalisk armor. This Sith invention is
== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
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== [[Web Original]] ==
* ''[[Mortasheen]]'' has a class of robots called Biomecha that are based on this. [[Word of God]] says that this is because the artist cannot draw machine parts to save his life.
* ''[[SCP Foundation]]'':
** SCP-2273, Major Alexei Belitrov, a [[Soviet Superscience|Super Soldier]] from an alternate version of Earth, who wears [[Powered Armor]] that was constructed via this method.
** Pretty much every [[Body Horror]] monstrosity created by the Sarkist cults was created this way.
== [[Western Animation]] ==
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* Everything in the Cobra-La hideout in ''[[G.I. Joe]]: The Movie'' is alive, even the things that aren't "technology" per se, like bridges.
* The Bugs in the ''[[Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles]]'' cartoon (a mix of the movie and the book) use bio weapons and [[Living Ship|living ships]] to attack the human planets.
* In the ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' short “Easy Peckin’s”, after seeing that the Fox hasn’t learned his lesson after failing to raid the henhouse four times, George the rooster decides to discourage him. He takes out an [[Acme Products| Acme Junior Explosive Kit]], mixes up some chemicals, and then mixes the result with corn mash. Then he feeds it to a hen; she lays an egg, which he takes, then throws into the Fox’s den, and… KABOOM!
== [[Real Life]] ==
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