On electrical gates on fungal colony

Beasley, Alexander E.; Ayres, Philip; Tegelaar, Martin; Tsompanas, Michail‐Antisthenis; Adamatzky, Andrew

doi:10.1016/j.biosystems.2021.104507

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“…[ 183 ] It has been demonstrated that the photo‐sensing ability of mycelia can be enhanced by functionalising the substrate with conductive nanoparticles and polymer systems like poly(3,4‐ethylenedioxythiophene)‐poly(styrene sulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS). [ 184 ] Adamatzky et al. [ 20 ] have also explored the mechanosensing ability of mycelium composites and found that the pattern of their electrical activity changes when an external load is applied ( Figure ).…”

Section: Potential Applications In Africamentioning

confidence: 99%

Mycelium Composites for Sustainable Development in Developing Countries: The Case for Africa

Akromah,

Chandarana,

Eichhorn

2023

Advanced Sustainable Systems

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The socio‐economic struggles in Africa are partly attributed to the low productivity of the agricultural sector. The Sustainable Development Goals Centre for Africa (SDGC/A) and the African Development Bank Group (AfDBG) both agree that the continent needs sustainable interventions to boost agricultural productivity, employment, and income. In this regard, mycelium composite production can present one potential solution. The added value to agricultural waste used to produce mycelium composites can generate additional revenue for farmers, serving as an incentive to increase agricultural productivity. Furthermore, the establishment of mycelium composite start‐ups can increase employment and income, especially for women and the youth. Mycelium composites can also aid in mitigating environmental and health challenges caused by some of the current waste management practices in Africa. This review offers valuable insights into the potential use of mycelium composites as a sustainable alternative for Africa. It explores the potential use of locally accessible resources, the potential applications for the composites in Africa, and the potential challenges that may arise with this technology. It further assesses the potential contribution of this technology to sustainable development in Africa in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set by the United Nations (UN).

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Section: Potential Applications In Africamentioning

confidence: 99%

Mycelium Composites for Sustainable Development in Developing Countries: The Case for Africa

Akromah,

Chandarana,

Eichhorn

2023

Advanced Sustainable Systems

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“…In numerical modelling and experimental laboratory setup we exploited principles of electrical analog computing (Beasley et al, 2021b;Roberts and Adamatzky, 2021). True and False values are represented by above threshold and below threshold voltages.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Due to the nonlinearity of the conductive substrate along electrical current pathways between input and output electrodes, the input voltages are transformed and thus logical mappings are implemented. Detailed descriptions of these techniques can be found in Adamatzky et al (2020), Beasley et al (2021b) and Roberts and Adamatzky (2021). The 𝑧-stacks of a single colony of Aspergillus niger fungus strain AR9#2 (Vinck et al, 2011) were converted to a 3D graph (Fig.…”

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Fungal electronics

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“…In the FUNGAR project, Adamatzky et al showed that fungi exhibit features similar to memristors (memory resistors) (Beasley, Ayres, Tegelaar, Tsompanas, & Adamatzky, 2021), electronic oscillators , pressure , optical and chemical sensors , and electrical analogue computers . Fungal electronics can be used as standalone sensing and computing devices or integrated into fungal materials and wearables (Adamatzky, Nikolaidou, et al, 2021).…”

Section: Fungal Computingmentioning

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“…They observed that the Pleurotus djamor oyster fungi produce action potentials similar to electrical potential impulses , i.e., spontaneous spike trains with high (2.6 min period) and low-frequency components (14 min period). This evidence suggests that it is possible to turn fungal reactions into Boolean circuits (Beasley et al, 2021), allowing fungal agents to function as parallel biological processing networks . However, the lack of an algorithmic framework for the extensive characterisation of the electrical activity of the substrate colonised by mycelium of the oyster fungi Pleurotus djamor inspired them to develop a framework to extract spike patterns, quantify the diversity of spike events, and measure the complexity of fungal electrical communication in order to build an experimental prototype of fungi-based information processing devices .…”

Section: Fungal Computingmentioning

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Neuropunk Revolution. Hacking Cognitive Systems towards Cyborgs 3.0

Talanov¹,

Vallverdú²,

Adamatzky³

et al. 2022

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This work is dedicated to the review and perspective of the new direction that we call "Neuropunk revolution" resembling the cultural phenomenon of cyberpunk. This new phenomenon has its foundations in advances in neuromorphic technologies including memristive and bio-plausible simulations, BCI, and neurointerfaces as well as unconventional approaches to AI and computing in general. We present the review of the current state-of-the-art and our vision of near future development of scientific approaches and future technologies. We call the "Neuropunk revolution" the set of trends that in our view provide the necessary background for the new generation of approaches technologies to integrate the cybernetic objects with biological tissues in close loop system as well as robotic systems inspired by the biological processes again integrated with biological objects. We see bio-plausible simulations implemented by digital computers or spiking networks memristive hardware as promising bridge or middleware between digital and [neuro]biological domains.

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On electrical gates on fungal colony

Cited by 6 publications

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Mycelium Composites for Sustainable Development in Developing Countries: The Case for Africa

Mycelium Composites for Sustainable Development in Developing Countries: The Case for Africa

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Neuropunk Revolution. Hacking Cognitive Systems towards Cyborgs 3.0

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