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 ...

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 ...

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