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English Rose Guru Join Date: May 2005 Location: In the Garden Posts: 3389 Good Answers: 75	Engineers 'Can Learn From Slime' 01/27/2010 8:17 AM
	From: BBC News Website: The way fungus-like slime moulds grow could help engineers design wireless communication networks. Scientists drew this conclusion after observing a slime mould as it grew into a network that was almost identical to the Tokyo rail system. The scientists describe their ideas for "biologically inspired networks" in the journal Science. They have incorporated the slime mould's efficient strategy into a mathematical formula. This "slime formula" could help engineers develop better, more efficient designs [more] __________________ Chaos always wins because it's better organised.
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PWSlack Guru Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: In the bothy, 7 chains down the line from Dodman's Lane level crossing, in the nation formerly known as Great Britain. Kettle's on. Posts: 32175 Good Answers: 839	#1 Re: Engineers 'Can Learn From Slime' 01/27/2010 9:14 AM
	_{<scrapes slime from monitor>} "Remarkable. What do you make of that?"_{- with apologies to David er.. Coleman, UK television sports commentator.} __________________ "Did you get my e-mail?" - "The biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place" - George Bernard Shaw, 1856
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HUX Power-User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: UK S.Northants Posts: 485 Good Answers: 19	#2 Re: Engineers 'Can Learn From Slime' 01/27/2010 9:24 AM
	reminded me of this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant_colony_optimization
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user-deleted-1105 Guru Join Date: May 2007 Location: Harlow England Posts: 16512 Good Answers: 670	#3 Re: Engineers 'Can Learn From Slime' 01/27/2010 9:38 AM
	Surely it's Politicians that can learn most from slime? __________________ health warning: These posts may contain traces of nut.
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DVader1000 Guru Join Date: May 2007 Location: Anywhere Emperor Palpatine assigns me Posts: 2774 Good Answers: 101	#4 In reply to #3 Re: Engineers 'Can Learn From Slime' 01/27/2010 10:29 AM
	Don't you mean it's slime that can learn the most from politicians instead ? Seriously speaking, this gives a whole new meaning to the popular teenagers' lament: "My teacher's a real slimeball" . __________________ If only you knew the power of the Dark Side of the Force
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charsley99 Guru Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Jersey U.S.A. Posts: 1114 Good Answers: 38	#5 In reply to #3 Re: Engineers 'Can Learn From Slime' 01/27/2010 3:50 PM
	And all this time I thought they were one and the same! __________________ The last fight was my fault. My wife asked "What's on the TV?" I said "Dust!"
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