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Programmable Matter: The New Alchemy

Posted by michael on 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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  1. A good read..... by lexsco · · Score: 1, Redundant

    .... if you can sign in !!

  2. WAY TO GO, MICHAEL! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    You posted a link to an interview that WE CAN'T GET TO!

  3. Passworded by rf0 · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Well thats a great link...Anyone got a password/username combination? guest/guest doesn't work. Suppose I could make some joke about quantum probability here but it probably wouldn't happen :)

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  4. Nice one by PD · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Anyone have a password to the site? You've got to be a member to read it, and I am not a member of the IEEE.

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  5. Uhh.. by mewsenews · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I'm glad all the IEEE members will be able to read this interview. Fantastic.

  6. The matter doesn't need programming by mao+che+minh · · Score: -1, Redundant
    How about programming the web server to allow us to read the article. Better yet, how about programming your self to read articles and check links before posting them - good lord that was stupid.

    Yea, go ahead and waste a mod point marking this redundant, twit.

  7. MOD PARENT UP by 241comp · · Score: 0, Redundant

    No, really. registration/sucks works.

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