Programmable Matter: The New Alchemy

Posted by michael on Tuesday May 6, 2003 @08:11AM from the lead-from-gold dept.

Anonymous Kamath writes "IEEE Spectrum recently published an interview with aerospace-engineer-turned-science-fiction-author Wil McCarthy who's just written his first non-fiction book "Hacking Matter: Levitating Chairs, Quantum Mirages and the Infinite Weirdness of Programmable Atoms" proposing the application of quantum dot technology on a large scale thereby allowing one to control properties of materials at will. Another science fiction author laid down the principles of geostationary satellite communication half a century ago."

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Infinite Weirdness by TubeSteak · 2003-05-06 08:13 · Score: 0, Offtopic

from one /.'er who hasn't read the article to another, i just love the idea of levitating anything

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OMG AND THE PROGRAMMABLE MATTER DIES by Anonymous Coward · 2003-05-06 08:19 · Score: 0, Offtopic

AT THE END OF THE MATRIX.
The Futur by mondoterrifico · 2003-05-06 08:31 · Score: 0, Offtopic

It's Neal Stephenson's world, we only live in it.
Re:Wil Mccarthy's web site by cygnus · 2003-05-06 08:57 · Score: 0, Offtopic

wil wheaton's web site
tons of interesting info... :)

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