TIL Scientists put slime mold onto a model of a map of Tokyo, with food representing urban centers. After a day, it created a network almost identical to Tokyo's actual rail network.
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Slime mould attacks simulates Tokyo rail network
Cities in motion: how slime mould can redraw our rail and road maps | City transport | The Guardian
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Slime Mold Grows Network Just Like Tokyo Rail System | WIRED
Slime mould attacks simulates Tokyo rail network | Discover Magazine
Ethan Mollick on X: "Slime mold can be used to solve exponentially hard problems, like optimizing the Tokyo rail system. By placing food on a “map” at the location of population centers,
Could a 'virtual slime mould' design a better subway system? - U of T Engineering News
Ride the Slime Mold Express! | Science | AAAS
How Japan Used Oats And Mold To Make Its Subway System More Efficient
Comparison of the Physarum networks with the Tokyo rail network. (A) In... | Download Scientific Diagram
Slime Mold Grows Network Just Like Tokyo Rail System | WIRED
Slime Mold replicates the Tokyo rail network : r/woahdude
Is it true that certain funguses can be used to model the most efficient routes for things like subway systems? I refer specifically to Paul Stamets comments about Physarium polycephalum. - Quora
Scientists Used Slime Mold To Create The Most Efficient Traffic Map For The United States | Bored Panda
Brainless Slime Mold Builds a Replica Tokyo Subway | Discover Magazine
Comparison of the Physarum networks with the Tokyo rail network. (A) In... | Download Scientific Diagram
Slime mould attacks simulates Tokyo rail network
Mapping Tokyo's Train System in Slime Mold - Bloomberg
Brainless slime mold grows in pattern like Tokyo's subway system | Biodesign @ Berkeley
Slime mould mimics Tokyo's railway | CBC News
