It means individual nanoscale regions in complex oxide materials can behave as self -
organized circuit elements, which could support new multifunctional types of computing architectures.
... if Man
organizes himself gradually on a global scale in a sort of closed
circuit, within which each thinking
element is intellectually and affectively connected with every other, he will attain to a maximum of individual mastery by participating in a certain ultimate clarity of vision and extreme warmth of sympathy proper to the system as a whole.