Definition: Programmable Matter refers to materials that can change their physical properties (shape, density, modality, conductivity) in real-time, based on user input or autonomous sensing. This ...

Programmable matter and robotic systems represent a dynamic frontier in materials science and robotics, where discrete, often modular units are designed to change their physical properties and ...

Programmable Matter The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is launching a program that will enable mesoscale building blocks to reversibly assemble into 3D objects. The capability could be used ...

(Nanowerk News) Imagine intelligent infrastructure that automatically self-assembles, reshapes and repairs itself on demand. Buildings that organically grow new rooms when needed, self-optimizing ...

To really understand the future, you have to suspend disbelief and imagine for a moment that software isn’t just code on a screen; it’s also matter. It’s physical—as real as the chair you are sitting ...

ChromoUpdate is a 'programmable matter' technique to quickly change objects' color. The method uses light to alter the saturation of photochromatic ink on an item's surface and could give product ...

If a few MIT grad students get their way, programmable matter is the future. Think thousands or hundreds of thousands of nanobots assembling and disassembling on command to form the most efficient ...

Stefanie Mueller is a computer scientist and associate professor at CSAIL and EECS, MIT. Her work focuses on designing and developing novel interactive systems and fabrication techniques that enable ...