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Below is an article I found on Engadget… Insane Shape Shifting Matter concept being developed by Intel. Enjoy.

If you were as confused as we were by Intel’s talks of programmable matter, an intelligent amorphous blob formed of microscopic glass spheres and able to take any shape, you’ll want to check out the video from CNN embedded below. It shows the stuff in action — albeit rendered, conceptual action — allowing a group of designers take a car that looks a lot like a Cadillac and make it even more slab-sided, changing its color a few times, and then causing it to explode in what can only be a 1/18 scale preview of another installment of The Matrix. We can’t wait to have a blob of this stuff on our desk to play with (it’d be the ultimate stress ball), but we’re guessing it’s going to be a long, long time before that happens.

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