Biologically Inspired Network Design

1. Tokyo rail network designed by Physarum plasmodium

This is the movie of Fig 1 of the paper, Atsushi Tero, et al. Science 327, 439 (2010). The experiment was performed by Seiji Takagi.

2. Slime Mold Physarum polycephalum networking on a map of the United States

Time Lapse Video of Slime Mold Physarum polycephalum networking on a map of the United States. Oats are at major cities (or state capitals) throughout the country. Slime Mold was started at Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, and Denver corresponding to the two largest cities and transportation hubs in the country.

3. Physarum Polycephalum solves Traveling Salesman Problem

A slide show presented at the international conference on Chaos Revolution in Science, Technology, and Society (ICR2011) held in the University of Indonesia on Feb. 22, 2011.