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Slime Mold Grows Network Just Like Tokyo Rail System | Wired Science | Wired.com

Seeded on Sat Jan 23, 2010 8:12 PM EST
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Let mold model networks...applicable to all types of networks such as transportation and communications.
"When presented with oat flakes arranged in the pattern of Japanese cities around Tokyo, brainless, single-celled slime molds construct networks of nutrient-channeling tubes that are strikingly similar to the layout of the Japanese rail system, researchers from Japan and England report Jan. 22 in Science. A new model based on the simple rules of the slime mold's behavior may lead to the design of more efficient, adaptable networks, the team contends."

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David Hutchinson

Interesting, and might save lots of money spent on modeling various processes and scenarios...

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Reply#1 - Sat Jan 23, 2010 8:14 PM EST
JalJones

its amazing when patterns are discovered in nature. nice seed. brainless single celled network designers, just get paid in corn flakes. lol

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Reply#2 - Mon Jan 25, 2010 12:54 PM EST
David Hutchinson

Thanks. So many times there's an intuitive answer that's as effective and much cheaper than the carefully determined solution...

    #2.1 - Mon Jan 25, 2010 7:29 PM EST
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