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A Cultural History of Art Bell

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Wil McCarthy

Wil McCarthy

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Wil McCarthy is a science fiction author and aerospace engineer recognized for his dual expertise in hard science fiction writing and real-world aerospace technology, with a particular focus on nanotechnology and programmable matter. As a guest on late-night radio, his book Hacking Matter and his visionary concepts about materials that can be programmed at the atomic level brought scientifically grounded speculation about transformative technologies of the future.

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April 18, 2003: Programmable Matter - Wil McCarthy

Apr 18, 2003
2h 51m
Best-selling novelist and Wired contributing editor Wil McCarthy joins Art Bell to discuss Hacking Matter, quantum dots, artificial atoms, and programmable matter after a detailed report from Linda Moulton Howe on the emerging SARS crisis. Scientists have confirmed a new coronavirus is responsible, and Russian exper...