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Claytronics Claytronics  is an abstract future concept that combines  nanoscale  robotics and  computer science  to create individual nanometer-scale computers called claytronic atoms, or  catoms , which can interact with each other to form tangible 3D objects that a user can interact with. This idea is more broadly referred to as  programmable matter .  Claytronics has the potential to greatly affect many areas of daily life, such as telecommunication, human-computer interfaces, and entertainment. Current research Current research is exploring the potential of  modular reconfigurable robotics  and the complex software necessary to control the “shape changing” robots. “Locally Distributed Predicates or LDP is a distributed, high-level language for programming modular reconfigurable robot systems (MRRs)”. There are many challenges associated with programming and controlling a large number of discrete modular systems due to the...

Internet of Things (Definition) The internet of things, or IoT, is a system of interrelated computing devices, mechanical and digital machines, objects, animals or people that are provided with unique identifiers ( UIDs ) and the ability to transfer data over a network without requiring human-to-human or human-to-computer interaction. A  thing  in the internet of things can be a person with a heart monitor implant, a farm animal with a  biochip transponder , an automobile that has built-in  sensors  to alert the driver when tire pressure is low or any other natural or man-made object that can be assigned an IP address and is able to transfer data over a network. Increasingly, organizations in a variety of industries are using IoT to operate more efficiently, better understand customers to deliver enhanced customer service, improve decision-making and increase the value of the business. History of IoT Kevin Ashton, co-founder of the Auto-ID Center ...