ickemekanisk
Ickemekanisk refers to technologies, processes, or artefacts that function without moving mechanical parts. The term is a compound of the Swedish roots icke (not) and mekanisk (mechanical). In contemporary usage it appears in design discourse and speculative technology writing to contrast with traditional mechanical engineering, which relies on gears, cams, springs, and linkages.
Scope and definitions vary; some writers apply it to any system where actuation is achieved by non-mechanical
The term is used to describe approaches that aim to reduce wear, maintenance, noise, and failure modes
Examples are primarily conceptual rather than standardized categories: solid-state sensors and transducers, optically or electrically actuated
Critics note that non-mechanical does not automatically imply higher reliability or simplicity, and that such systems