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Computing with slime: Logical circuits built using living slime molds
Elsevier ^ | March 27, 2014 | Elsevier

Posted on 03/28/2014 1:31:40 PM PDT by 12th_Monkey

Summary: A future computer might be a lot slimier than the solid silicon devices we have today. Researchers have revealed details of logic units built using living slime molds, which might act as the building blocks for computing devices and sensors.

(Excerpt) Read more at sciencedaily.com ...


TOPICS: Computers/Internet; Science; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: computers
Scientific breakthrough! A use has been found for liberal democrats
1 posted on 03/28/2014 1:31:40 PM PDT by 12th_Monkey
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To: 12th_Monkey
 photo NOSESLIME_zps4a8b50a6.gif

Alan Grayson insists he is not ‘a piece of nose slime’

2 posted on 03/28/2014 1:43:14 PM PDT by smoothsailing
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach; Swordmaker; martin_fierro; ShadowAce; neverdem

Of course, such a computer has to be programs in Algol.

Thanks 12th_Monkey.


3 posted on 03/28/2014 1:45:58 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/alreadyposted/index)
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nuts, "programmed"
4 posted on 03/28/2014 1:46:34 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/alreadyposted/index)
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To: 12th_Monkey

I added a hard drive to my computer the other day. When I took off the panel, it appears the computer itself has decided to become cutting edge.


5 posted on 03/28/2014 1:46:58 PM PDT by Starstruck (If my reply offends, you probably don't understand sarcasm or criticism...or do.)
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To: smoothsailing

Beg pardon, but there are two uses.

The first is in the White House.


6 posted on 03/28/2014 1:47:03 PM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: Da Coyote

Beg Pardon back at ya! There are hundreds upon hundreds of uses when you take in to account every elected Democrat nationwide! B^)


7 posted on 03/28/2014 1:50:44 PM PDT by smoothsailing
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To: 12th_Monkey

I used to have an Acer laptop. Computers that are built out of slime have already been invented. Trust me on that one.


8 posted on 03/28/2014 1:52:54 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: smoothsailing

Living Nano Particles that can in essence think and be made slaves to the evils of man ?

Ethics police needed here?


9 posted on 03/28/2014 2:02:33 PM PDT by jcon40
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To: Da Coyote

The picture looks like the slime is already growing on top of somebody’s head, maybe a White House head ?


10 posted on 03/28/2014 2:08:19 PM PDT by jcon40
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To: Buckeye McFrog

LOL! I had one as a loner for a few days. Cheap Taiwanese junk.


11 posted on 03/28/2014 2:08:23 PM PDT by smoothsailing
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To: smoothsailing

I don’t think slime from him would grow anything logical, just mental.


12 posted on 03/28/2014 2:08:59 PM PDT by 12th_Monkey (One man one vote is a big fail, when the "one" man is an idiot.)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

LOL...


13 posted on 03/28/2014 2:09:54 PM PDT by 12th_Monkey (One man one vote is a big fail, when the "one" man is an idiot.)
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To: 12th_Monkey

I’m pro-life, but I gotta wonder if anything from him should be allowed to grow.


14 posted on 03/28/2014 2:21:06 PM PDT by smoothsailing
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To: jcon40

If you could get them to multiply, you literally could infect everything on earth and monitor and control it remotely. It would be a micromanaging bureaucrat’s wet dream.

They’d know if the wind blew your hat off your head instantly. There would be no escape, no freedom whatsoever for anyone.


15 posted on 03/28/2014 2:24:26 PM PDT by Free Vulcan (Vote Republican! You can vote Democrat when you're dead...)
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To: Free Vulcan

Love the thinking........

Maybe we can counter with Ultra Conservative Super Slime !!!

Let us do the infecting


16 posted on 03/28/2014 2:29:45 PM PDT by jcon40
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To: 12th_Monkey

Computer scientist Andrew Adamatzky utilizes slime mold’s ability to build its own, efficient nutrient transport network, to crack mathematical problems.

In his latest study, co-authored with Ramon Alonso-Sanz from the Polytechnic University Madrid, the mold (Physarum polycephalum) constructs an optimal transport system between oatflakes stacked on an agar plate, layed out as a map of cities in Spain and Portugal.

The research paper compares this living network with the road network built by the Romans 2,000 years ago. Remarkably, out of eleven major man-made routes, the slime mold recreated seven.

17 posted on 03/28/2014 3:14:30 PM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: 12th_Monkey

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWA-TXJmeQo


18 posted on 03/28/2014 3:16:41 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: martin_fierro

how weird


19 posted on 03/28/2014 8:13:42 PM PDT by 12th_Monkey (One man one vote is a big fail, when the "one" man is an idiot.)
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To: smoothsailing

He’s a sick man


20 posted on 03/28/2014 8:14:25 PM PDT by 12th_Monkey (One man one vote is a big fail, when the "one" man is an idiot.)
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