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- Rhythmix, on 06/08/2009, -0/+30Replicators?
- nugz85, on 06/08/2009, -4/+33Oh My GOD! THEY ARE CREATING T-1000s!!!
- scoot2006, on 06/08/2009, -1/+19Robots in disguise...
- mugwumpz, on 06/08/2009, -1/+18Intel, which has done a bunch of programmable matter work on its own, is looking beyond those basic steps. Way, way beyond. The malleable stuff could one day “mimic the shape and appearance of a person or object being imaged in real time, and as the originals moved, so would their replicas,” according to their website. “These 3D models would be physical entities, not holograms. You could touch them and interact with them, just as if the originals were in the room with you. ”
I smell a revolution in the porn industry. - vroom101, on 06/08/2009, -0/+10DARPA program manager Dr. Mitchell R. Zakin "envisions programmable matter in this way: In the future a soldier will have something that looks like a paint can in the back of his vehicle. The can is filled with particles of varying sizes, shapes and capabilities. These individual bits can be small computers, ceramics, biological systems--potentially anything the user wants them to be. The soldier needs a wrench of a specific size. He broadcasts a message to the container, which causes the particles to automatically form the wrench. After the wrench has been used, the soldier realizes that he needs a hammer. He puts the wrench back into the can where it disassembles itself back into its components and re-forms into a hammer. 'That is the essence of programmable matter,' he says. . . ."
Via: "Programmable Matter Research Solidifies" by Henry S. Kenyon at http://www.afcea.org/signal/articles/templates/Sig ... (www.afcea.org/signal/articles/templates/Signal_Article_Template.asp?articleid=1964&zoneid=263) - wjlaw100, on 06/08/2009, -0/+9"Good News Everyone!,and,Oh My."
- BohicaTwentyTwo, on 06/08/2009, -1/+10DARPA - What do we do? What don't we do?
- Myztry, on 06/08/2009, -0/+8It's all fun and games until that Army funded piece of paper wraps around your head and suffocates you for dissent.
- diggduggjoe, on 06/08/2009, -0/+7That or some sick ***** uses it to Rick Roll with a life sized 3D model that can follow you around allowing no escape.
- Dumbledorito, on 06/08/2009, -4/+11But can they be taught to make human pyramids and sodomize detainees?
Wait, I meant love! - gmuslera, on 06/08/2009, -1/+7Worse: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0123755/
- muhadeeb, on 06/08/2009, -0/+6Transformers and Terminators(Liquid). Oh my what have we done!!!!!!!!!!!
- inactive, on 06/08/2009, -0/+6more like stargate replicators than star trek ones.
- crubal, on 06/08/2009, -0/+5SkyNet
- Astark, on 06/08/2009, -0/+5Except the ones who are dead.
- ReDoEr, on 06/08/2009, -0/+5For the good of all of us?
- raydeen, on 06/08/2009, -0/+5We do what we must because we can.
- tech10171968, on 06/08/2009, -0/+4"Sounds like a lot of hype to get funding for research that is dubious, but sounds sexy"
That's probably what they said when DARPA came up with this crazy invention some years ago. They called it the internet.
http://www.lincoln.edu/math/rmyrick/ComputerNetwor ... - jj101, on 06/08/2009, -0/+4Why did you even say that! Take it back.
- g33b33, on 06/08/2009, -0/+4think.....or thwim.
- Cappez, on 06/08/2009, -1/+5Here's a video demo of the Intel version:
http://edutube.org/video/programmable-shape-shifti ... - A11YND, on 06/08/2009, -0/+4I'm guessing Professor Farnsworth is in charge of DARPA?
- nigelsan, on 06/08/2009, -0/+4think of the children.
- TheTikiTony, on 06/08/2009, -0/+4Because there's no sense crying over every mistake.
- borez, on 06/08/2009, -0/+4More the Rubik's Snake then the Rubik's cube.
For those who are too young to remember: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubik%27s_Snake - DiscoUnderpants, on 06/08/2009, -0/+4DARPA often engages in speculative research that is on the cutting edge. That's why they are the *Advanced* Research Projects Agency. If you complain any more they will take away your internet.
- inactive, on 06/08/2009, -0/+3think of the possibilities
- BohicaTwentyTwo, on 06/08/2009, -0/+3Zakin? Is that not an evil scientist name or what?
- gilgamesh23, on 06/08/2009, -1/+4DO NOT SEE Ultra Violet!
- RudeTurnip, on 06/08/2009, -0/+2To see this in action, rent "Ultra Violet." There are lots of self-assembling weapons used throughout the film.
- inactive, on 06/09/2009, -0/+2one day in the cube and youll tell the pentagon psychiatrist everything.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0123755/ - sb66, on 06/08/2009, -0/+2http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~claytronics/index.html
"fascinating" - drmangrum, on 06/08/2009, -1/+3You have to wonder at the scope of such a thing.
Could would then have self-repairing buildings? Imagine what that would mean for California.
Self-building and maintaining bridges? No more disasters like the 2007 Minnesota bridge collapse.
Body armor that can be re-used and custom fit. If you've ever worn body armor, you know such a thing would be awesome.
DARPA has a good track record of creating some interesting technologies that have far reaching applications in the civilian world. - diggduggjoe, on 06/08/2009, -0/+2Knowledge is good. Only its application can be made evil. I am sure many great uses of this tech will enrich out lives.
Imagine reconfigurable cars. Pay for one piece of matter and it is a SUV, sports car, mini van and classic sedan all in one. All without any need for an autobody shop for it can repair itself. - 0tis, on 06/08/2009, -0/+2Or "WATCH TV"???
- plainOldFool, on 06/08/2009, -0/+2I was thinking of something along the lines of T-1000 meets the Lament Configuration.
- MisterFurious, on 06/08/2009, -0/+2Thank God I read the headline a second time. I almost went into a rage thinking that Universal was making a film of Rubik's Cube.
- Destrider, on 06/08/2009, -2/+3I, for one, welcome our new Programmable Matter Shapeshifting Overlords.
- dstory, on 06/08/2009, -1/+2Better call SG-1
- 1ofMany, on 06/08/2009, -0/+1"You're telling me that this thing can imitate anything it touches?"
"Anything it samples by physical contact."
"Get real, like it could disguise itself as a pack of cigarettes?"
"No, only an object of equal size."
"Why doesnt it become a bomb or something to get me?"
"It cant form complex machines, guns and explosives have chemicals, moving parts, it doesn't work that way, but it can form solid metal shapes."
"Like what?"
"Knives and stabbing weapons." - rescu911, on 06/08/2009, -1/+2Beam me up, Scottie.
...oh wait, that's next year. - diptheria, on 06/08/2009, -0/+1Is it just me, or does it look like they just lightly crumpled up a piece of paper in the picture? Not even a video to see it "self assemble." Sounds like a lot of hype to get funding for research that is dubious, but sounds sexy.
- inactive, on 06/08/2009, -1/+2I tried to watch that on tv for about 10 minutes
- 2Bnor2B, on 06/08/2009, -0/+1So this is what the folding@home program has really been up to.
- RudeTurnip, on 06/08/2009, -0/+1Just add alcohol...start about 20 minutes before the movie if you can.
- mctom987, on 06/08/2009, -0/+1Skynet is coming!
- Kstha1, on 06/09/2009, -0/+1wow this is pretty fukin crazy...
- ptsuk, on 06/08/2009, -1/+2Bah people keep talking about skynet, sorry its more like the muther ***** transformers!!!
Optimus Prime: Before time began, there was the Cube. We know not where it comes from, only that it holds the power to create worlds and fill them with life. That is how our race was born. For a time, we lived in harmony. But like all great power, some wanted it for good, others for evil. And so began the war. A war that ravaged our planet until it was consumed by death, and the Cube was lost to the far reaches of space. We scattered across the galaxy, hoping to find it and rebuild our home. Searching every star, every world. And just when all hope seemed lost, message of a new discovery drew us to an unknown planet called... Earth.
Optimus Prime: But we were already too late... - BohicaTwentyTwo, on 06/08/2009, -0/+1UltraViolet, So much potential, so much fail.
- Killroy1971, on 06/08/2009, -0/+1Prepare for our robot overlords!
The Japanese debuted a robot humanoid teacher...they're showing us the way! -
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