期刊名称：Journal of Management Engineering and Information Technology
电子版ISSN：2394-8124
出版年度：2016
卷号：3
期号：4
页码：21
语种：English
出版社：MRES
摘要：Abstract: Man has always dreamt of changing the world around him; this led him to gradual advancement of communication technology that brought into reality the things, which were once termed impossible. It may be possible that in future-a chair can change its shape into a bed; the car could automatically change their shape, colour and size etc. The cell phone could turn into a laptop, and when the work is done it will turn back into a cell phone or any other object we want it to become. The technology that allows this kind of shape shifting is called Claytronics. Claytronics is a collection of programmable matter. It is also known as catoms. These catoms can work together in a vast network to build 3D objects and also capable to change colour and shape etc. Therefore, catoms are the basic building block of Claytronics. The idea behind Claytronics is putting enough of these catoms together, and giving them a command, and they will assemble themselves into anything we want. Claytronics is the technology to improve human to human (H2H) communication. One of the other most exciting innovations in communication technology in recent times is the 3-D printing. This technology offers the realistic possibility that anyone, anywhere in the world can produce any object they need on demand. Using 3-D printing it is possible to create an object by creating a digital file and printing it at home or sending it to one of a growing number of online 3-D print services. In this paper, the author(s) presents a new approach about comparison of the upcoming future communication technology: Claytronics and 3D printing. It can revolutionize the field of communication in future.
