claytronics

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noun A proposed system of programmable matter consisting of very many nanoscale robots (termed catoms) that would interact to form structures

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The substance is known as claytronics, and it consists of catoms.

What we get from Technologies in Future. 2008
They came up with the idea based on “claytronics,” the animation technique which involves slightly moving a model per frame to animate it.

Telepresence Via Matter Imaging | Impact Lab 2005
The new science of claytronics, which will use nanotechnology to create tiny robots called catoms, should enable three-dimensional copies of people to be 'faxed' around the world for virtual meetings.

Catoms 2005
i m a fan of discovery channel nd yesterday i came through this..... claytronics....

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