[ExI] Computronium

[Emlyn]

2009/2/19 Damien Broderick <thespike at satx.rr.com>:
> At 08:55 PM 2/18/2009 +0000, BillK wrote:
>
>> Further research indicates that Margolus is credited with the
>> 'concept' of computronium.
>> But he called it programmable matter.
>> Toffoli, Tommaso; Margolus, Norman (1991), "Programmable matter:
>> concepts and realization", Physica D 47: 263­272
>
> a term reinvented/repurposed by Wil McCarthy for something very different.

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/david_merrill_demos_siftables_the_smart_blocks.html

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