A stochastic process is one whose behavior is non-deterministic in that a system's subsequent state is determined both by the process's predictable actions and by a random element. Stochastic crafts are complex systems whose practitioners, even if experts, acknowledge that outcomes result from both known and unknown causes. Examples are warfare, meteorology, economics, and rhetoric, where success and failure are so difficult to predict that explicit allowances are made for uncertainty." - wikipedia.org
Cornell Computational Synthesis Lab experiment with "programmable matter, a substance that is able to change its physical properties as directed by the user. ... Objects can be assembled or repaired on-the-fly, and deconstructed to be recycled into new objects once they are no longer needed."
image and text courtesy of Cornell Computational Synthesis Lab
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