DARPA Passes Key Programmable Matter Milestone
Beam me up, Scotty: programmable matter is one step closer to reality. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has just announced the successful completion of a key milestone in Phase I of its Programmable Matter research. The goal is to develop particles that can assemble into solid objects on command - and that’s got big implications both for warfighters and the military’s carbon bootprint, too.
