Neat. The mechanical equivalent of a FPGA (field-programmable gate array).

"A device has been developed that consists of mechanical bits, analogous to the magnetic bits used in computer hard drives. Information encoded in the bits programs the mechanical properties of the device."

nature.com/articles/d41586-021

#Materials #Metamaterials #Engineering #ProgrammableMatter

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@sohkamyung Was done hundreds of years ago already, but still really cool

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