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THE INTELLIGENCE OF MATERIALS
What happens when changing the microscopic structure of a material, even by a single atom, completely alters the way it behaves? From graphene to biomaterials, tiny variations in the arrangement of atoms can transform a material’s properties and functions. Function will no longer be separate from hardware: in the systems of the future, memory and response will be built into matter itself, and processors will take the form of neurons. A perspective that redefines the relationship between matter, technology and the people who use it.
Intervengono
Alessandro Baraldi
professor of Physics of matter University of Trieste
Nicola Marzari
Cavendish professor of Physics University of Cambridge, chair of Theory and Simulations of Materials EPFL and PSI
Caterina Serra
writer, creator and coordinator Future of Writing, literature & AI, Digital Humanities Institute EPFL
Organised by Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste
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