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Defense Intelligence Reference Document Aerospace Applications of Programmable Matter

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This Defense Intelligence Reference Document, prepared by the Defense Intelligence Agency under its Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications (AAWSA) Program and dated 14 December 2009, is a white paper on programmable matter and smart materials. It covers quantum dots, metamaterials, liquid crystals, dynamic windows and spacecraft thermal management, and describes a future space station scenario. It concludes that even partial realization could bring significant gains in spacecraft energy efficiency, safety and mission flexibility.

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  • p. 5 …To a photon, or to a large electrical current, matter appears to be made up of…
  • p. 6 …also be "donated" by neighboring atoms. A "quantum dot" is simply a very small structure-usually…
  • p. 7 …However, because they are too small to be "seen" by the photons interacting with them, they…
  • p. 10 …In the future, advanced supercomputers may be able to monitor the objects around us-our desks…
  • p. 18 …Soon, the station has converted almost its entire exterior into a mirror, keeping only a small…
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14 December 2009
ICOD: 1 December 2009
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Aerospace Applications of
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