Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Slime Mold Proves to Be a Brainy Blob

An article from a few months ago in the NYTimes, but still interesting...

"Researchers in Japan have shown that a slime mold can design a network that is as efficient as one developed by humans over many years: the Tokyo rail system. Furthermore, the slime mold can build its network in a day." Link here.

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