Those modules could be connected at a later date.
A glazing containing colored photovoltaic modules could be used to design an active façade.
Functional modules could be the cause for hierarchical modularity architecture in protein structures.
In principle, functional organic pore modules could be covalently prefabricated and then assembled to produce materials with specific properties.
As the project raced on, approval systems designed to ensure slick progress meant that over 800 modules could be scrutinised simultaneously and with the required rigour.
The reactor would be shipped by barge or rail car, and modules could be added as demand grew.
Built out of reusable strands of programming code, these modules could be reconfigured, Lego-like, into new applications at a diminishing future cost.
The Task Force notes that educational modules could be shared not only among MIT's own departments and schools, but also across institutions.
For improvements, the motor modules could be combined such that all the four modules can be built on one piece of board, which would save some extra room.
Low-Earth orbit, he said, is the "first target," but larger modules could be used for stations in deep space or for habitats on the Moon.
However, because the back plate for the blanket modules could be eliminated, its previous functions could be transferred to the VV.
