Oats + mold = computer!

Plasmabot project photo

As reported in a number of news outlets, researchers from the University of the West of England are building a computational robot based on the growth habits of the hysarum polycephalum mold. Read more at the following links:

Science Daily - http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090827073256.htm

Discovery News - http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/09/08/slime-mold-computer.html