This idea was once thought to lie beyond the reach of scientific inquiry,” said physicist Mir Faizal of the University of ...
An elastic metamaterial can do math by directing motion through tiny pathways, showing how materials might one day handle simple computing tasks without electronics.
According to Dr. Mir Faizal, Adjunct Professor at UBC Okanagan’s Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science, and his international collaborators, the structure of reality itself makes simulation impossible.