9780199229178 - Smart Structures: Blurring the Distinction Between the Living and the Nonliving: 65 (Monographs on the Physics and Chemistry of Materials) von Wadhawan, Vinod K. (4 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Book in excellent unread/unused condition. Hardcover. English. See images for condition. About the book >.>.> Smart or adaptronic structures are defined as structures with an ability to respond in a pre-designed useful and efficient manner to changing environmental conditions, including any changes in their own condition. It is reasonable to assume that highly inte Spillman had this to say in 1992: grated smart structures very similar to the biological model will be technologically possible in the near future. These smart structures will need to interface with human beings. Given the level of their anticipated sophistication and adaptive abilities, they will appear as living conscious entities to the majority of those people interacting with them. This will be the case in spite of the fact that they will not meet the formal requirements of either life or consciousness". Spillman's expectations are being ful-filled sooner than was anticipated at that time. One reason for this is the exponentially increasing computing power at our disposal. Another is the rapid progress being made in the fields of multiferroics, soft matter, and nanostructur.

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