Create Anything You Want With Programmable Matter
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What if you could fax someone a real, three-dimensional object? The solution might come in the form of programmable matter - a material that takes on predetermined shapes and can change its configuration on demand. We’re already seeing early prototypes coming from Carnegie Mellon and Intel in the form of “claytronics.” So what’s in store for this technology, and why should we be excited about it?
If you had a vat of claytronic atoms in front of you, what’s the first thing you’d build with it? Let us know in the comments below!
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As soon as I saw 'Programmable matter' I thought Transfomers age of extinction
galvatron seems like a good idea.....
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What if atoms are already programmable, we just don't know how to program them?
Wouldn't that be how cells work? Taking apart potatoes and turning them into full fledged humans capable of consciousness and intelligent thought?
Programming matter is probably biologically related more than anything really
Justin Palange that is a possabilaty just re arrange protons nutrons electrons to create a new atom then assemble the atoms into a three diamensionale object and done
im da doctor
That's nuclear fusion. Do you realize how hard that is?
Q Do you realize how hard transmitting digital information wirelessly was just twenty years ago? Seriously when was the last time you saw a cellphone with an antenna? Or a TV with one for that matter? Time trivializes difficulty.
Arkham Creed thank you
I typically appreciate technology, but honestly... This technology scares me.
You've got a point. If it's programmable, then a hacker could take control of your clay. While you're asleep on a claytronic bed, for a "Joke" he has the bed swallow you up and smother you. Oops. Or you just have a cantankerous kid, who tells your coffee cup to spring a leak while you're drinking. Or if the coffee cup could change into a gun and shoot you as you're drinking. Or somebody makes a pretty girl's claytronic clothing disappear.
Or not even malicious people. What if the claytronic's power source dies out unexpectedly, so your stops working unexpectedly. Or it malfunctions and transforms unexpectedly. Or the claytronic science project you've been working on for your thesis disappears when your roommate cleans the room and all the clay is recycled. Accidents happen...
humans are now radioactive and we are glowing.
@@mike_williams Good points but anyone who would wear claytronic clothing would be an idiot unless the catoms were programmed to be used with only one specific programming device (e.g. your catoms would only respond to your phone giving it commands).
You're not scared of the technology. You're fearful of humans misusing it. Rightly so.
@@lookupyourredemptiondrawsn7285 on the bright side, I think the final outcome will be really good (see: Star Trek) or really bad (ka boom). And we know what the bad outcome looks like, so we can do something about it.
Imagine a whole household made of programmable matter, as well as everything in it. If you ever needed to clean a room, you could simply melt it down into the floor and return it back to where it belongs. You could even melt furnishings and create more room in your house. Programmable matter could possibly become the most useful invention. That is, if we ever conduct enough research to develop it. Lets just hope!
This technology would unleash personal customization we could only dream off..
Imagine having a apartment living alone and working home and make your entire living room into a hightech office or a big bedroom etc etc..
Omg the potential..
I actually know how to make it happen. The main limitation always was the lack of scalable parallel model of computation. I was trying to invent one for the past 30 years. A few months ago came up with a working idea finally. Stay tuned.
I would put pussies in all of the corners and the counters and probably the arms of the chairs and TV most likely
And when you don't pay the rent I just push this button.
@@briancannard7335how did this turn out ? I can offer you something i know would interest you if we can form a partnership
Child toys:
Little children want new toys all the time, then just lose interest as soon as they get them and throw them away. Having programmable matter taking the shape of different toys all the time would solve that problem.
Programmable matter has incredible potential for the distant future, assuming it will one day be able to mimic various properties of matter. Imagine a world where entire cities and highways are constructed from this stuff. A common news headline would be something like "Time Square To Receive New Update This Evening, v13.0.0.1".
Yeah wait for the program to be hacked and watch all the buildings fall
Probably it would be still much cheaper to use traditional materials. And I don't think this type of technology could ever perfectly mimic the properties of all matters. I would say it would be more useful for applications, where constantly changing shape is helpful.
!lluzion good point
yea, news at 11, 3 people disappeared today they sank into the sidewalk screaming until they went under it. this " black goo " has all the properties of the tower of babel ... trying to be God ... im sure we will blow ourselves up long before anything like this sees the light of day. we all know the first thing that would happen is the elite would use it to place bombs next to all their opponents that look like their best friends... and blow up all at once. nooo this tech would only be the end of this evil collection of carbon.
Anytime say they say that we will be doing this in the future they are already doing it be completely exhausted and master it before they release anything to the public
this concept was used in transformers 4: age of extinction.. it seemed pretty cool. i'd love to work with one
I had a dream last night about programmable matter. In the dream, I received a gift, it was a sculpture all white about 12 inches tall and every so often, it would reassemble into a completely different sculpture, it was absolutely wild!
Sounds like a good dream Brian!
I would build weapons and ships replicas from mass effect. man those things are beautiful
i love the thought of this stuff, literally the ultimate 'lego' so to speak, personally i would probably use it for testing designs, and otherwise just as a convenience item (I.E. oh no my door broke, i'll just make a new one) this has so many potential uses, i'm personally interested in seeing if it might be possible to develop different kinds with different capabilities, i.e. one that conducts heat/electricity, one that reflects light and heat, and one that acts as a general building block, so many possibilities
Hierarchy of functions is the main building block of our civilization. Guess these catoms won't be the only building blocks, but those parts which they will produce. Catoms enable 3D scanning and 3D printing on really _atomic_ level, so everything will become possible. Quite soon. Stay tuned.
Welcome to the Big Hero 6 Future!
3:15 Let's say I've got a bunch of seats and wanna have enough friends for them 😥
i would make little mobile homes for the homless
ha! good one
That One nerd Awwww, thank you! What a BeautiFULL soul, you ARE!!!
AWE-some answer!!! 😄
Then in 2045 they became conciuss and walk away
there wont be homeless with this stuff! There wont be humanity or true existence. I hate to live in such a world where things are not what they seem. Who knows if I am alive then would kill myself because would doubt I am not programable matter because if I am I should respawn again or heal fast without dying don't know which will be worse dying or not then.
How would claytronic items compare to the conventional ones- like, what would be their physical properties- tensile strength, heat resistance, etc. You may not want to make certain things, such as a claytronic hammer, screwdriver or saw, or cup, because they are not made of individual atoms, they are made of mini computer spheres, which can be damaged more easily. Or, what about a claytronic shirt, blanket, compared to a silk, cotton, or wool one?
Sounds like stuff from transformers age of extinction, literaly exactly the same
This is pretty dark, but the first thing that came to mind to build was an assasin. If we take it that the tech has the extreme possibilities you're talking about, then...a thing that delivers a payload (which is essentially just a part of itself) to travel straight to the targets heart and stop it. Then exit the body and reform with the rest of the claytronic substance and become a rug on the floor. Under the dead body. If the particles are small enough then all this could be done without showing up in an autopsy.
I am 40 years old this year I never thought back in 1990 that in my lifetime I would see SmartGlass technology like I'm holding in my hand right now and using to make this comment with I'm actually using it with my voice recorder and I'm talking to my phone to give you the comment it's amazing I only can wonder where will be in 40 years from now:) Ain't technology grand!
+jamie george wow thats amazing!!
+jamie george when i was born (2002) flatscreen TV's were never even imagined and now we have completly forgotten about the old TV's and flip phones too. i can only imagine what will happen in the next 13 years of my life.
+Garrett Touring i was born when tech started
Are you still alive
What would I build? Maybe when my car breaks down, I would have claytronics transform into the replacement part I need on vehicle, change out the defunct part then be off on my merry way.
how about a car out of claytronics that doesn't break down or fixes itself as it wears?
Not sure. What if the some or all of the claytronics that makes the car fail? Or if the claytronics is hijacked and hacked by someone? You have a valid point though; would be nice for an all claytronic car or vehicle (airplane or boat).
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I would make a real playable minecraft world.
Amazing video as always. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!
I would make art with it, such as repeating collages. There is much more that you can do with it, but that would be pretty cool.
but if this were a fax it could be hacked, and if we rely on this, such as a weapon, it could fail you, or you have the characters in your tv come out and glitch destroying you, it may not be a good idea to rely on stuff at we'd be helpless without, the results of relying sully on one thing that could potentially fail you, could cause apocalyptic results.
I love being a PhD student at the forefront of knowledge and discovery. Trying to decide my thesis topic combining programmable matter and swarm intelligence. So freaking excited
The first thing i would build, a small claytronic fort in my basement with texture and i would build a little stand for my ipod to watch videos!!
BTW i love these videos, keep em up!!
This channel is like science friction. Awesome!
Just imagine sitting on a chair made out of claytronics and the you want it to wrap around you and create an iron Man suit
Oh my gosh, I love this! How can I forget? :-)
Even without the ability to reassemble into an object, this technology could still have some amazing applications: For instance, it could lead to an alternate (and possibly quite superior) method of 3D modeling. Instead of bouncing waves of sound or light off the subject and trying to recreate it by scanning (which I imagine has issues with "shadowing" errors on irregularly shaped objects), you flow catoms around every nook and crevice, much like a fluid going into a mold. Then a wireless server controlling the catoms would have access to super high-precision shape information that could be used as a master for 3D modelling of unprecedented accuracy.
Combined with 3D printing, which we already have, this could be pretty important to making objects where a high degree of faithfulness to the original is essential (replacement parts, precision machinery, archeological artifact study, etc).
Nanotechnology iron man suit anyone ehh?
I LOVE your question! If we had programable matter there are literally endless possibilities! I think the first thing I would make would be a model of Voyager!(star trek voyager) then I might make a hobbit house. My sister would make a treehouse. My brother would make his room into a 2 story room. By adding another layer onto the top of his room.
Some problems I see, there will be always someone wanting to weaponize this. Also, a subjective opinion, what fun it will be if everything is easy as that, like using AI to look into the future. Other than that I high key wanna see this as a reality and if possible be a part of creating it for the good uses.
I agree, Until humanity learns to have the Love of the Lord in their hearts instead of hate, sadly humans will try to make weapons out of anything and everything as they do today. Love is the greatest gift of all and without it we have nothing!
That's why god made the concept of super position
@@paleogeology9554 the greatest truth you will ever learn is that god the Lord is you
there was a small series written by Wil McCarthy starting with the book "The Collapsium" that was based on a similar idea of programmable matter and faxable matter. it has been to date my favorite science fiction novel on the subject and is based off of real quantum effects experiments with pseudo-atoms, FWthinking, and anyone else interested, should really look into the series
ok now this excites me! and if i had my own vat of claytronics i would want a headset along the lines of big hero six because that would simply be amazing!
Once this stuff is available to just go out and buy, I'd create the ultimate bed/bean bag/walking chair. I could sleep in my bed, sit in a comfy beanbag, and stay seated while my chair walks up and downstairs. I could make mannequins to practice fashion designing with! I could create all the toys my parakeet could ever want! I could make the best and most accurate cosplays ever. I could FaceTime my friend and have a mini, physical version of her in front of me as we spoke (which would be very helpful in 2020)! I could make my own ice skates! Better yet, I could make a personal ice rink at my apartment complex! I can't wait for this stuff! I just hope you can buy it by the pound or something. I'd hate to have to buy them individually.
Artificial Intelligence, bioprinting, singularity, claytronics...
It makes me really sad I may not be alive to see it all integrated.
There's a book called "The Engines of Creation" from Eric Drexler, it's about nanotechnology. And in the book he has a similar idea, which is: "Since everything is composed of atoms... what if we could manipulate atoms? I mean the only difference between a big stone and a modern computer, it's their atomic organization."
Claytonic faxing? 3D printing is so old school
Now work on Nerve Gear from SAO! With that, all real life tech of the future could be obsolete, in the game you can create anything you want, infintly. What need do u have for anything else?
Nerve gear was horrible. If you died in the game, it would kill you:(
Derpy Derp Derps Yeah!
+Derpy Derp Derps god please i need it fallout 4 or battle front in a world like that in need this in my life
+Nathaniel Jackson that's only in Actual sword art online. Not in any other game, especially with the new nerve gear in SAO where you cant't really die because of that.
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This is an excellent idea, i can't wait for the day they make soft and moist CAtoms. if you know what i mean...
it has to be circle to move 3 dimention. try it big first then smaller and smaller to create as small as a sand and it has to be a controler or create a helmet that makes it move like in the big hero 6
This is the same kind of tech the enemies in Spider-Man: Miles Morales use
I would build a wall.
hahahahahahahahaha
GnarledBacon thinking big I see.
i think the first application would be for makeshift buildings, maybe in space or on other planets. larger catoms would be adequate for making buildings.
I'd use one of these to make another one of them...
*Genius*
This sounds like technology envisioned by Rendezvous with Rama.
I can’t believe this doesn’t have more views
I would build first aid kits & prosthetics. Imagine if you were injured and catoms could flow onto your body in the right shape to hold pressure on any bleeding, brace your neck & spine, and splint any sprains or broken bones. And for people with disabilities, having catom prosthetics that can flow into any shape would allow you to function with no assistance.
My grandson is gonna be fucking claytronic girls?
looks like object oriented programming just took a whole new meaning, i would love to weaponize it XD, more than likely i would have it swarm around me and respond to my gestures. may use it to scale large buildings or prevent me from falling to my death would be pretty useful.
legos... a shit ton of legos
When this tech becomes reality, it will change everything in our lives..
The programmable matter will be everywhere..
This technology would be interesting for artists of all kinds.
oh my... i cant think of the kind of stuff i would make! and I'm literally going to be in tears if i see this happening. :o I REALLY CANT WAIT! :o
I would build space explorations devices on a space station to go out and visit different places to then reports back to earth. It could mold into whatever it needed to be at any given time. As for computerized intelligence, batteries and heat shields; perhaps it could carry these within itself and fit them in different places depending on the job it needed to complete. When in our physical presence, it could resemble man, when traveling close to a star it might resemble a space shuttle. On a quasi-habitat category planet it might resemble a '49er. At times it might resemble inspector Gadget even.
I'd think that nanoscale robotic construction using simple base materials would have more applications, but it'd be cool technology nonetheless.
I would Imagine that Faxing your body would hurt a lot. I mean, your literally being torn apart at the molecular level and then being reconstructed piece by piece until your whole again.
this technology reminds me of telekinetic powers moving and reshaping earth and water. Imagine having that same power through the application of this technology. But you would only be able to make the matter float if you arranged the matter into a bunch of machines that could make it fly.
Damn it, i was born 50 years too early!!!!
To answer this man's question in the end. I would automatically make a black panther suit
a suit that can withstand light and keep you cool at the same time
small question what does allow me to create any electronical device that comes into my imagination if there was such thing? or would that be too difficult for that? if we had the technology to do so
but i have a question,like u said that we can fax a 3d thing for one side to somewhere else.then how would u know which one is real as the thing will have copied the original to the very fine detail,and u can say we can try to dismantle them then what if the original was also made from that "sand".looking forward for a reply.
I wonder if it'll be able to create life? Or at least replicate it? Cuz he did talk about that maybe he can create an image of his own/fax himself to give someone a hug or a handshake. So does that mean, it can make individual decisions even if its not really you? can that make clones too? its just really fascinating to think about it.
I'd probably build an armchair first, just to test it, then I'd elaborate into more interesting things like a car, or a gaming console, or even a new house
First thing I'd make with it? Money. xD
Okay, more seriously though... I'd likely attempt to start up dirt-cheap manufacturing of day to day objects, which would cost less because the people involved in production would be less, and the supplies would be less varied and consumer-available. Consumers could technically make their own things, which is great, though I think the cost investment to get in on this early would be fairly hefty. So "if" you can slip in before it becomes really easy to get the technology to do it, I could see it being a pretty effective way to start up a business. All you'd need is putty, and artistic knowledge as well as ergonomic knowledge. Even if using this to start up a business is absurd due to quick consumer accessibility, it'd still be great to have. Rather than buying, say, cups I could just make my own. Which is brilliant because I'm terribly picky with what I drink my tea (Earl Grey. Hot.) in. I imagine this is the kind of thing which will sweep the market in much the same way as 3D printing is currently; putting the means of production back into the hands of everyday consumers is a huge step in the right direction when it comes to monopoly prevention. Of course, there's obviously the question of getting yourself a gun out of the putty, but when it really boils down to it, with something that complex (if you want the gun to actually be any good) the time and resources to produce it would likely factor out to be more than the money you'd need to spend to just buy one. Initially, anyways. I'm sure it'd become something worth serious attention eventually.
I would build programmable gun breakers and weapons breakers. Imaging how all the armies in the world will just loose their ability to use weapons. Some soldier for example wants to shoot but suddenly there is cloud of programmable micro flies appeared and then these flies penetrate into the gun and make all its gears not functioning. No wars, no borders any more, no terrorists, no crazy politicians. Just a peaceful life controlled by programmable matter. And you know what? I suggest you to read the book of Stanislav Lem "Observation on the spot", this concept was well described already in 60ies of the last century.
Yep. Plus the telepresence will automatically monitor any attempts of one human to kill another human remotely, and blocking those. Together with forever blocking the access to the technology. Censorship of the future. Which is actually just about to come!
If I had it in front of me right now I would build a starship,or the materials needed for a space elevator. CX that would be awesome .
Startinbg at 2:2 that entire perocess is definitely not the copying off an object, it is copying the surface of an object. Not the same thing.
However an object could be resonnance scanned (or whatever other 3D method) to get a 3D image if it's insides, with the density distribution and exact nature of it's internal parts, and then the programmable matter would just render that.
How would claytronic tools compare to traditional ones. Say a claytronic hammer made of catoms (small computers) vs just an ordinary one made of steel?
thesnare100 if you had claytronic technology you wouldn't need a hammer
@@trevorcolburn2384 weight can be emulated by reactive air streams. Strength? They will be made out of titanium. But the point is, in the trunk of your car you don't have the entire factory which has built the car, right? It will make the car super big and ridiculously expensive. The same with claytronics. Parts can be manufactured and transported around, but the parts themselves don't have to be made out of catoms.
Basic essential foundation of material elementals can reform itself by property modification 5 basic property regulated heat absorption, light sensitive, elasticity variable, magnetic variable density, breathing of energy
Honestly thought of this independently a few years ago. It's really not hard to consider being pissible. Even if far fetch.
3:07, I dont know If i would want Trevor from GTA V coming out of my TV.... Also wouldnt that be a real life version of "The Shining"?
Instead of the chair, cup thing you said in the video, you can just say 'transformers could be real soon' in 1 single sentence, I think you will get much much more thumbs up.
Assuming it would be conducive, I would attempt to build a computer out of them. I'm not sure what other properties it would need to work though.
And imagine the military application! ;3
I would program a motion capture glove so when I made a certain movement with my hand the putty would of course see the gesture as a programmed command just like if it were from a computer or what ever is gonna end up being used to give it commands.
Does anyone think that would actually work?
Of course it's gonna work :-)
I would want to make something big like a car, but realistically I would start with a small test like making a ball or a cube.
I can only think about making Transformers with this technology.
I would say that I'd want Claytronic improving VR gameing! I am a big, BIG fan of VR games... I just wish there was more of them and more diversion... Oh! I'd TOTALLY want a version of Second Life in Claytronics! Or skype... I'd really want a VR version of Second Life tho... Does anyone know if that exists yet?
And wouldn't it be awesome if you could get The Secret World in VR? Or better yet; Claytronics! ^^
(I mean...proboably with less lethality in the weapons, but still...)
could be used to build habitats on the moon, mars, or anywhere in the solar system
I don’t know what I do with programmable matter it probably be really cool to give myself an extra set of arms though but I think I would definitely not understand I’ll program matter so it have to be like voice command or something or connect my nerve strands either way I’d probably do something like that maybe like the iron spider arms I don’t know
Tea, Earl Grey, Hot!
Those programable materials might be used like the microchips used on Big Hero 6 ( Baymax is FAT )
I'd build a cat.
ormus is the key to this.... it is a super conductor and can communicate from any point in spce and time
Or I just email you a template and you just 3D print it , because we already have that technology available.
A good idea for an episode (unless you've done it and I just haven't seen it) would be the future of human genetics and gene therapy and how the process of humans manipulating genes could effect or biology and evolution in the future
sounds totally sick and interesting ( sick in a good way :3 ) id like to see that heck the swort art online virtual reality always rendered me fascinated n curious this is even more interesting. where do ppl get all these crazy awesome ideas !??!
Imagine yourself playing a video game where you get mauled to death by a bear. Now imagine the bear mauling you to death by sticking it's jaw and paws out of your screen!
I would make all of the technologies that have been my life's dream to develop!
Enough to make any Tool needed
everybody with a vat of programmable goo; gaming characters entering your home via your tele-entertainment portal; the ability to transport yourself into a neighbor's living space...what could possibly go wrong.
So Carnegie Mellon nearly has the microbots from Big Hero 6... Awesome! Building things from microbots will also diminish waste. If something breaks just replace the microbots, _and_ people can have almost whatever they want if they have enough microbots.
Iron man suit the nano technology of a science fiction is becoming a reality
I know what I am going to do when I grow up
"Sounds like the stuff of science fiction"
Sounds like you're blizzazededly baked man, this video's length is 4:20
Which of these is better, programmable matter or 3d printing.
That depends, can it change what material it's made out of?
If it's possible, new organs for transplanting (identical to the old ones only...not sick), maybe take the old ones and turn it into Claytronic again?
*"can it change what material it's made out of?"*
No, that's a different technology.
Awww
Hanako Fairhall Don't give up hope yet. When there's a will, there's a way... usually.
I'm not much of a scientist, but...Yeah, you never know
Hanako Fairhall Consider that some 3dprinted organs fared better than the de-celled cellular matrix of actual organs. Via 3dprinting one can implement improvements that nature never thought of. And yes you could have a bigger____!
I'd say an avatar/surrogate, made of catoms I could remotely control, go underwater without worrying about breathing, or go skydiving/rock climbing without the risk or risk of getting it wet, or physical pain, or without risk damaging it (hopefully)
this would be possible if all the catoms would be really small, electromagnetic and they would need a electromagnetic module to hold the catoms in place. But, the real question would be "how would you build the objects from catoms, how would the design of the object be sent to the module to be made? I personally think this would be possible in the next 30 years if we have the right tools and amazing and creative minds.
Don't worry, we have enough human ingenuity. If I said, "you can get to Japan in a few hours from America in a few hours via flight", I'd be looked at as if I were insane.
Just like transformium (from transformers 4) or the tiny robots from Big Hero 6!
im not sure if this will be commercially available because then toy companies places like ikea they will all be put out of business because we wont need them and can have all of there products for free