Architecture Encapsulation

One of the things I've been thinking about lately is the fact that there should be a better way to encapsulate architecture, or encapsulate the entity that you're trying to work on within a self-aware architecture. I'm pretty sure this has been done or is being worked on, but I guess it would take the underlying technology of nanobots and neural networks one step further.

I think this first happened when I saw the show on the science channel about the robotic thing that could go just about anywhere - you'd add another pod to it, or if it got separated from one of it's pieces, it could reattach and use that piece immediately as a part of the collective.

I think this may be further encapsulated in the game _Scrabble Flash_ - their smart link cubes I think are worth investigating.....