DARPA SHAPE-SHIFTERS. “Blurring the line between materials and mechanics, it may even result in new states of matter. One possibility are “infoliquids”and “infosolids”, materials than straddle the line between solid and liquid, with information encoded into its chemistry. Another possibility is the creation of robots that can shift sizes and even states of matter to squeeze through narrow passages or around obstacles.”
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