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"PROGRAMMABLE MATTER describes a form of controlled, shape-shifting matter. Such a material would have the ability to transition from its current shape into any desired shape; and, this transition would occur on command, under the matter’s own power, and with complete reversibility. If fully realized, programmable matter could lead to a paradigm shift in the way architects, engineers, and everyday citizens view materials." http://creativemachines.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/Ubicomp09_Amend.pdf View in LinkedIn

IT SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE, BUT. "Instead of having to buy a premanufactured object we would just download the design and with the help claytronics it would form into different things. Claytronical objects will be able to form complex structures and perform elaborate tasks that may seem impossible with today’s technologies." http://jiaps.org/claytronics-from-atoms-to-catoms/ View in LinkedIn

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PROGRAMMABLE MATTER. “Any form of programmable matter which can pass the ‘Turing test’ for appearance [looking indistinguishable from the real thing] will enable an entire new way of thinking about the world ... Applications like injectable surgical instruments, morphable cellphones, 3D interactive life-size TV and so on are just the tip of the iceberg.” https://lnkd.in/dDwjZMg View in LinkedIn

SHAPE SHIFTING MATTER. "With claytronics the art on your walls or for example statues could be changed depending on your mood and needs. Cellphone could turn into laptop and when the work is done, back into cellphone." http://jiaps.org/claytronics-from-atoms-to-catoms/ View in LinkedIn

MATERIAL SCIENCES REVOLUTION. "Claytronics has the potential to greatly affect many areas of daily life, such as telecommunication, human-computer interfaces, and entertainment." Material sciences used to be a backwater. Well, no longer. It is now one of the hottest areas in physical sciences. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claytronics View in LinkedIn

WIRED PARTICLES. "Fundamentally, catoms consist of a CPU, a network device for communication, a single pixel display, several sensors, an onboard battery, and a means to adhere to one another." http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claytronics View in LinkedIn

LOCAL ACTS, DISTAL ACTIONS. "Rather than drawing up a global blueprint, the researchers hope to use a set of local rules, whereby each catom needs to know only the positions of its immediate neighbors." https://lnkd.in/dzmMmjE View in LinkedIn

COMMUNICATIVE AND COLLABORATIVE UNITS OF MATTER. "Second, the catoms need to be able to communicate with each other in an ensemble and be able to compute state information, possibly with assistance from each other." http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claytronics View in LinkedIn

CLAYTRONIC ATOMS. "Claytronics consists of a collection of individual components called claytronic atoms, or catoms. In order to be viable, catoms need to fit a set of criteria. First, catoms need to be able to move in three dimensions relative to each other and be able to adhere to each other to form a three-dimensional shape." http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claytronics View in LinkedIn