Readings

The following readings introduce the concepts of programmable matter and machines, as well as offer precedents from research across a number of disciplines.

 

Tolley, M. T., M. Krishnan, et al. "This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.Advances Towards Programmable Matter." (PDF) Proc. Int. Conf. Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (2008): 653–5.

Knaian, Ara. "Design of Programmable Matter." M. S. in Media Arts and Sciences Thesis. MIT, 2008.

Knight, T. F., and G. J. Sussman. "This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.Cellular Gate Technology." (PDF - 1.0MB) MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (July 1997).

Vacanti, M. P., and C. A. Vacanti. "Biological Scaffolding Material." U.S. Patent 7,319,035. Filed October 17, 2003 and issued January 15, 2008.

Buy at Amazon Aranda, B., and C. Lasch. "Cracking." In Pamphlet Architecture 27: Tooling. Princeton Architectural Press, 2005, pp. 53–7. ISBN: 9781568985473. [Preview with Google Books]

Buy at Amazon Rothemund, Paul Wilhelm Karl. "A DNA and Restriction Enzyme Implementation of Turing Machines." In DIMACS Series in Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science (27). American Mathematical Society, 1996, pp. 75–120. ISBN: 9780821805183.

Rothemund, Paul Wilhelm Karl. "Folding DNA to Create Nanoscale Shapes and Patterns." Nature 440 (2006): 297–302.

Griffith, Saul Thomas. "Growing Machines." Ph.D in Media Arts and Sciences Thesis. MIT, 2004.

Buy at Amazon Aranda, B., and C. Lasch. "Introduction." In Pamphlet Architecture 27: Tooling. Princeton Architectural Press, 2005, pp. 8–9. ISBN: 9781568985473. [Preview with Google Books]

Buy at Amazon Mitchell, William J. "The Logic of Architecture: Programming the Invention of Physical Artifacts." In Logic Programming: The Joint [9th] International Conference & Symposium. Edited by Krzysztof Apt. MIT Press, 1992, pp. 831–46. ISBN: 9780262510646.

Penrose, L. S. "Mechanics of Self-Reproduction." Annals of Human Genetics 23, no. 1 (1958): 59–72.

———. "This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.Self-Reproducing Machines." (PDF - 1.5MB) Scientific American 202, no. 6 (1959): 105–14.

Lee, Kiju, and Gregory S. Chirikjian. "This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.Robotic Self-Replication: A Descriptive Framework and a Physical Demonstration from Low-Complexity Parts." (PDF - 1.4MB) IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine 14, no. 7 (2007): 34–43.

Buy at Amazon Aranda, B., and C. Lasch. "Spiraling." In Pamphlet Architecture 27: Tooling. Princeton Architectural Press, 2005, pp. 12–3. ISBN: 9781568985473.

Buy at Amazon Von Neumann, John. "This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.The Role of High and of Extremely High Complication." (PDF - 1.5MB) Chapter 4 in Theory of Self-Reproducing Automata. Edited and completed by Arthur W. Burks. University of Illinois Press, 1966, pp. 64–73.

Buy at Amazon ———. "This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.Re-evaluation of the Problems of Complicated Automata—Problems of Hierarchy and Evolution." (PDF - 1.5MB) Chapter 5 in Theory of Self-Reproducing Automata. Edited and completed by Arthur W. Burks. University of Illinois Press, 1966, pp. 74–87.