The Slime Mould Collective

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The Garden of Earthly Delights

Hi! According to this article in The Smithsonian, http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/hunting-slime-molds-38805499/, a scientist…

Started by jnnstl in Projects & Ideas

4 Jun 23, 2016
Reply by Paige

How fast does slime's electricity change, and how much?

It grows very slowly, but it must communicate with electric waves faster than it grows. How much faster? Can we communicate with it as wave…

Started by Ben F Rayfield in Links & Resources

1 Jun 7, 2016
Reply by ian

Where does the slime live in the wild? Whats the biggest network of slime?

Experiments may be ignoring slime's fully grown "closest thing it has to a brain" which may only happen in large networks of slime, maybe c…

Started by Ben F Rayfield in Links & Resources

0 May 31, 2016

Very little growth?

I'm hoping someone can help me figure out my problem! I got a culture plate from a biological supply company and my subcultures to new plat…

Started by Shawna in Projects & Ideas

1 May 20, 2016
Reply by ian

Sporing timescale

Hello, I'm currently trying to start the phototaxis process with my Physarum , but want to avoid the actual spores. Does anyone know how lo…

Started by Martha Gray in Links & Resources

0 May 13, 2016

Bringing slime mould to life.

Does anyone have ay advice on how to bring dried slime mould to life? Thanks!

Started by Martha Gray in Links & Resources

2 May 13, 2016
Reply by Martha Gray

Why does Physarum like chocolate?

Hi There, I was wondering if anyone could offer an explanation as to why a strong positive chemotactic response towards chocolate may be ob…

Started by Amy Jane Huntley in Projects & Ideas

7 May 12, 2016
Reply by Maria

Creation of a network...Need advices

Hello, I would like to create a network with my slime mould. So I put oat flacks on every strategics area of my map. After, I removed the m…

Started by Aurelie in Projects & Ideas

0 Apr 18, 2016

Using slime molds to simulate gentrification + projection mapping--any advice would be appreciated

Hi All, I am a master's student at Carnegie Mellon University working on a project with a collaborator involving usage of slime molds to s…

Started by Aprameya Mysore in Projects & Ideas

0 Mar 28, 2016

Discognition

My new book, DISCOGNITION, is now available. It's mostly a book about science fiction accounts of alien forms of consciousness and sentienc…

Started by Steven Shaviro in Links & Resources

0 Mar 22, 2016

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