Artificially-structured materials with smart elements

A system comprising:

• an array of elements forming an artificially-structured material, at least a portion of the array of elements connected through one or more interconnects;
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• an array of tuning mechanisms included as part of the array of elements, wherein one or more tuning mechanisms of the array of tuning mechanisms are configured to change material properties of the artificially-structured material by changing one or more operational properties of one or more elements of the array of elements on a per-element basis using communications transmitted to the one or more elements through the array of elements using the one or more interconnects.

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A method comprising:

• receiving one or more waves of energy at an artificially-structured material including an array of elements, wherein the array of elements include an array of tuning mechanisms and at least a portion of the array of elements are connected through one or more interconnects;
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• changing material properties of the artificially-structured material by changing one or more operational properties of one or more elements of the array of elements on a per-element basis using communications transmitted to the one or more elements through the array of elements using the one or more interconnects as part of processing the one or more waves of energy at the artificially-structured material on a per-element basis.

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