claytronics
n.— «Serious research is already underway heading down the path to programmable matter. Called “claytronics” at Carnegie-Mellon University, and “dynamic physical rendering” at Intel (which is supporting the CMU work), the synthetic reality project has already made some tentative advances.» —“Claytronics and the Pario World” by Jamais Cascio WorldChanging June 13, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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