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+  From: Architexturez <interface.services@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
+  Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 11:46:52 +0530
ref: http://www.arch.virginia.edu/faculty/JasonJohnson/
ref: http://http://www.arch.virginia.edu/faculty/JasonJohnson/

blog: http://robotic-ecologies.blogspot.com/

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The University of Virginia (UVA) School of Architecture has started a new program about ‘robotic ecologies’ which wants to answer the question: Will robots take over architecture? As said the program leader, “This research is not just about architectural machines that move. It is about groups of architectural machines that move with intelligence.” Apparently, buildings tracking our movements and adapting their shape or texture according human presence are not far fetched. Maybe one day, we’ll talk to our homes and they’ll answer…

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http://blogs.zdnet.com/emergingtech/?p=587
http://www.readthehook.com/stories/2007/05/24/ONARCH-0621-B.rtf.aspx


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