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A GOOD START to an evil trade. http://lnkd.in/dtZWc34 View in LinkedIn

METAMATERIALS. "One example developed by David Smith and then by John Pendry and David Schuri is of a material that can have its index of refraction tuned so that it can have a different index of refraction at different points in the material. If tuned properly this could result in an "invisibility cloak."" " http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programmable_matter View in LinkedIn

MATTER AS INFORMATION that can be programmed has led to new fields including: liquid crystals; metamaterials; shape-changing molecules; electropermanent magnets; claytronics; cellular automata; quantum wells; and synthetic biology. Curious? Future blogs will look at some examples. " " http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programmable_matter View in LinkedIn

"ALL TECHNOLOGY WILL BECOME INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY" this mantra bears repeating until it has really sunk in. An interpretation follows. Technology is that part of science that has utility to mankind. IT means is may be manipulated or programmed to perform useful predictable future tasks. " " http://lnkd.in/d-QZYYM View in LinkedIn

PROGRAMMABLE MATTER "seeks to design materials whose properties can be easily, reversibly and externally controlled though a fusion of information science and materials science."" " http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanotechnology View in LinkedIn

THE NEXT SERIES of blogs will focus on truly remarkable developments in Programmable Matter, or Hacking Materials. Physical matter of the universe can be viewed as composed of units of data, that when organized or programmed, can be turned into actionable information that makes the matter perform predictable tasks. Our ability to program innate physical matter to become smart materials has emerged forcefully in recent years. Be prepared to be surprised. View in LinkedIn

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES WILL UBIQUITIZE. "Technology pioneer from Google, Ray Kurzweil, predicts that in the future, “all technologies will essentially become information technologies, including energy. So exponential rates of progress will increasingly become the norm." This first single, very muscular sentence bears a great deal of thinking about. Take the change in the life sciences. We are now coding life. We now view life as a programmable (information) entity. Deeply unpack this remarkable prediction. " " http://lnkd.in/d-QZYYM View in LinkedIn

SPEED OF TECH CHANGE CHANGES RULES. "1. We Think in Linear Terms, but Technology Moves at an Exponential Pace. 2. Scale Advantages Have Diminished. 3. Business Models No Longer Last." We live in a world that constantly reinvents itself with fresh ideas. Smell the coffee! " " http://lnkd.in/d-QZYYM View in LinkedIn

MCKINSEY LIST OF 12 ECONOMIC HOTSPOTS IN FUTURE: mobile internet; automation of work knowledge; IoT; cloud tech; robotics; autonomous vehicles; next-gen genomics; energy storage; 3D printing; advanced materials; oil and gas recovery; renewable energy. http://lnkd.in/UA77iV View in LinkedIn

MCKINSEY'S 12 DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGIES: technological change drives the economy, and big-scale disruptive technology makes the greatest impact. "We estimate that, together, applications of the 12 technologies discussed in the report could have a potential economic impact between $14 trillion and $33 trillion a year in 2025."" " http://lnkd.in/UA77iV View in LinkedIn