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Slime Mold: great grand-daddy of Star Trek computers?

Posted by Teramis

February 18, 2009

Scientists are experimenting with physarum polycephalum – slime mold – to establish the basic functions of bio-computing. That is to say, they are making programmable ‘machines’ out of slime mold, using its ameboid biostructure as a basic computing device. Shades of Star Trek Voyager’s bio-neural gelpacks!

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Teramis wrote her first book at age 9, but like all good literary lizards has taken her time charging upon the market. Finally in a situation where she can write full time, she is becoming the Dragon, Unleashed, or a close facsimile thereof. Roar, said the saur.
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