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Active Matter (Hardcover)
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Active Matter (Hardcover)
Series: The MIT Press
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The first book on active matter, an emerging field focused on
programming physical materials to assemble themselves, transform
autonomously, and react to information. The past few decades
brought a revolution in computer software and hardware; today we
are on the cusp of a materials revolution. If yesterday we
programmed computers and other machines, today we program matter
itself. This has created new capabilities in design, computing, and
fabrication, which allow us to program proteins and bacteria, to
generate self-transforming wood products and architectural details,
and to create clothing from "intelligent textiles" that grow
themselves. This book offers essays and sample projects from the
front lines of the emerging field of active matter. Active matter
and programmable materials are at the intersection of science, art,
design, and engineering, with applications in fields from biology
and computer science to architecture and fashion. These essays
contextualize current work and explore recent research. Sample
projects, generously illustrated in color, show the range of
possibilities envisioned by their makers. Contributors explore the
design of active material at scales from nano to micro, kilo, and
even planetary. They investigate processes of self-assembly at a
microscopic level; test new materials that can sense and actuate
themselves; and examine the potential of active matter in the built
environment and in living and artificial systems. Active Matter is
an essential guide to a field that could shape the future of
design.
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