For a smart material to be able to send out a more complex signal it needs to be nonlinear. If you hit a tuning fork twice as hard it will ring twice as loud but still at the same frequency. That's a linear response. If you hit a person twice as hard they're unlikely just to shout twice as loud. That property lets you learn more about the person than the tuning fork. - Neil Gershenfeld

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Neil Gershenfeld: "For a smart material to be able to send out a more complex signal it needs to be nonlinear. If you hit a tuning fork twice as hard it will ring twice as loud but still at the same frequency. That's a linear response. If you hit a person twice as hard they're unlikely just to shout twice as loud. That property lets you learn more about the person than the tuning fork."

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Able	About	Complex	Fork
Frequency	Hard	Just	Learn
Lets	Linear	Loud	Material
Needs	Nonlinear	Person	Property
Response	Ring	Same	Send
Shout	Signal	Smart	Still
Thats	Theyre	Tuning	Twice
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