Center for Bits and Atoms

You know those replicators on Star Trek, the ones that are always serving up "Tea, Earl Grey, Hot," for Captain Picard? The folks at the Center for Bits and Atoms are doing the research to turn that dream into reality. The CBA was founded in 2001 by "Profs. Isaac Chuang, Neil Gershenfeld, Joseph Jacobson, and Scott Manalis, with Marvin Minsky." They like to say that it is a place for people who never saw a boundary between physical science and computer science. The Center is the only place I know of that is currently talking about 'avogadroscale engineering'.

The Center for Bits and Atoms at MIT