Via BBC Forum: Self Assembly

Self Assembly

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: Saturday 04 October 2014

Cells working together to build a human embryo, a swarm of bees, robots joining forces to explore challenging terrain. These are all examples of self assembly – the coming together of simple units to form something of great complexity. To explore this wide-ranging area of research Bridget Kendall is joined by experimental biologist Jamie Davies, chemical engineer and physicist Sharon Glotzer and robotics engineer Roderich Gross.

(Photo: Bees working together: Credit: Matt Cardy/ Getty Images)  Show less

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p004kln9