Slime Mould in Arts and Architecture by Andrew Adamatzky - 9788770043601

Slime Mould in Arts and ArchitectureAuthor(s): Andrew Adamatzky\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: River Publishers, Denmark\nImprint: River Publishers\nISBN-13: 9788770043601, 978-8770043601\nSynopsis\nThe slime mould Physarum polycephalum was a source of explosive growth of bioengineered hybrid sensing and computing devices in the past decade. Being in its vegetative state, the plasmodium, the slime mould configures its protoplasmic network to optimize its geometry with relation to patterns of attractants and [url] slime moulds adaptability, polymorphism and aestheticism inspired artists and architects. The slime mould has been seen as a self-conscious liquid form continuously changing its shape in response to external stimulation and due to interactions of thousands of micro-oscillators in its body. Elusiveness is a magic feature of the slime mould. One moment the slime mould gives you a solution to a mathematical problem by a shape of its body, next moment it changes its shape and th.