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It’s like robots, made out of clay. Tiny robots that can turn into any shape – from a replica human to a banana to a mobile phone – are being developed by scientists in the United States. The new science of claytronics, which will use nanotechnology to create tiny robots called catoms, should enable three-dimensional copies of people to be “faxed” around the world for virtual meetings. Link.
And to think, when I read David Brin’s “Kiln People,” I thought it was just a wild fantasy.
-Rafe