P1:
-bio-inspired designs taken off recently
-copy nature— harness the pwr of evolution
-slime mould for Tokyo rail network
harness利用
outlying 边远的
P2:
-SM: unusal critters- not animal, plant, or fungus. if anything- amoeba
-consist of membrane-bound bag
- found in woodlands
- grow to 25cm
amoeba 變形蟲
membrane 膜
protoplasm 原生质
nuclei 核
P3:
- P forage: protrusion of protoplasm, create node and branch, grow interconnected network
- explore: trade off the cost, efficacy & resilience
protrusion 突出
trade off the cost权衡成本
P4:
-the purpose of the exploration: link food source & transport nutrients
-AT: sm network = human ones?
-test: template w 36 oak flake—> put P
oak flake 燕麥片
P5:
-found: resemblance to human’s
-not only created shortest but redundant connections for accident
-similar cost, efficiency & resilience to human version
P6:
-how do—> ?
-MF: forces — by protoplasm pulsating back & forth thru the cell are interpreted & determine route
P7:
-Tokyo not the first
- AA&JJ in England used oak flakes = Britains sites
-SM model the motorway network ✔ but go through N not C
P8:
-T&A not suggesting rail network designed by SM
-propose: complex solution— simple rules, applied elsewhere
-next thing: discover & use rules — other network to self-organise
-e.g. robots — dangerous environment and relay info to base
-denizen in C? SM avoid their city