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THERMOPHILES. "Over sixty species of Bacteria and Archea have been isolated and grown between 80°C and 110°C. Thermophiles can grow in both terrestrial and marine environments, including: solfataric fields, geothermal soils, volcanically heated surface waters, hot fumaroles, deep-sea vents, and even black smokers. These can also thrive in ... smoldering coal refuse and geothermal powerplants." (2001). https://lnkd.in/dFvvrKf View in LinkedIn

EMBEDDED CODE. "The fourth dimension in this experimental manufacturing process is inserted via a customized “code” that is embedded into the 3D printed material. These predefined instructions are dependent upon the object’s constructed geometry, and would also predictably dictate the direction, the iterations and the angles of its transformation, and is activated only when certain environmental conditions change." https://lnkd.in/d7VC6uu View in LinkedIn

FRAGMENT FROM NATURE continues this weekend to see how the cell membrane adapts in extreme environments in creatures who master these immensely challenging niches. These membrane adaptations are quite startling and fully reflect the creative resources of evolution to solve really difficult problems. View in LinkedIn

4D PRINTING. "What if things could be made to have a kind of memory, allowing it to transform, assemble or replicate itself? Or even repair themselves, adapting to various functions, over time." https://lnkd.in/d7VC6uu View in LinkedIn

SELF-ASSEMBLING HOMES. "Buildings incorporate programmable matter could have reconfigurable floor plans, interact with inhabitants, determine controllable failure modes, and rebuild themselves after disasters." https://lnkd.in/dGPJJNA View in LinkedIn

MULTIPURPOSE MATERIALS. "A product made from programmed wood grains, for example, could be shipped flat and then programmed to transform into its ultimate shape–a bookshelf or a chair, for instance." https://lnkd.in/dpEq-ym View in LinkedIn

STRATEGIES FOR PROGRAMMABLE MATTER. "There are two primary approaches to programmable matter: bottom-up attempts to change the behavior of materials at the atomic or molecular level, and top-down approaches to create miniature robotic systems that interact closely with one another to form a larger item." https://lnkd.in/dGPJJNA View in LinkedIn

SENSATE MATERIALS. "The Self-Assembly Lab at MIT has developed a method for programming materials such as hybrid plastics, wood grains, textiles, and carbon fiber to adjust their property and shape in response to anticipated conditions like an increase in temperature, pressure, or moisture." https://lnkd.in/dpEq-ym View in LinkedIn

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." https://lnkd.in/d9CztUV View in LinkedIn

TRANSFORMING MATERIALS. "What if you could train or, more precisely, program a material like wood, carbon or rubber to virtually complete the manufacturing process of whatever object it is destined to become? And what if the material continued transforming, adapting to its function or various functions?" https://lnkd.in/dpEq-ym View in LinkedIn