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"SCALE is one key differentiator between different forms of programmable matter. At one end of the spectrum reconfigurable modular robotics pursues a form of programmable matter where the individual units are in the centimeter size range. At the nanoscale end of the spectrum there are a tremendous number of different bases for programmable matter, ranging from shape changing molecules to quantum dots." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programmable_matter View in LinkedIn

SECOND APPROACH. "A second school of thought is that the individual units of the ensemble can compute and the result of their computation is a change in the ensemble's physical properties. An example of this more ambitious form of programmable matter is claytronics." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programmable_matter View in LinkedIn

BIO-FERROELECTRICS. "Researchers have studied the ferroelectric properties of the smallest unit of the elastic protein found in tissues that expand and contract repeatedly, tropoelastin. Elastin itself is an important component of the lung, heart and arteries. This demonstration ... is the first to show ferroelectric switching in a biological material occurring at the molecular level." http://www.materialstoday.com/biomaterials/news/biological-ferroelectrics/ View in LinkedIn

"FERROELECTRICITY is a property of some materials, mostly those that ironically do not contain iron, that display reversible electric polarization in an external electric field. It is analogous to ferromagnetism." http://www.materialstoday.com/biomaterials/news/biological-ferroelectrics/ View in LinkedIn