material computing / design media / stochastic energy / energy input / passive energy / virtual media / decoder device / self-replicating systems / automated manufacturing techniques / communication systems / processes comparable to digital systems / smarter systems / storage device / massive distributing computing / electronics / emergent design algorithms / mechanical computing / elegant algorithms / manufacturing / imperfect communications system / computing / lower energy consumption / lower energy / manufacturing practice / natural systems / construction tool / computational tools / sitespecific design solution / design software / large scale applications / energy / provided energy / /
Organization
Center for Bits and Atoms / University of Illinois Press / Urbana and London / Massachusetts Institute of Technology / Institute of Technology CONSTRUCTION INFORMATION Digital / Center for Bits and Atoms at MIT / /
Person
John Von Neumann / Neil Gershenfeld / George Popescu / Claude Shannon / /
FROM DIGITAL MATERIALS TO SELF-ASSEMBLY 1 From Digital Materials to Self-Assembly SKYLAR TIBBITS