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If the organism is chopped up and dropped into a labyrinth (a maze), they put themselves back together and start to move. At the same time, if a food source is placed at the entrance and exit to the maze, they avoid dead ends in the maze and form a connection (as a single tube) between the food sources. In all cases, the organism chose the path that was the shortest between the two food sources. In a way, it "solved" the puzzle of finding the shortest path through the maze. | If the organism is chopped up and dropped into a labyrinth (a maze), they put themselves back together and start to move. At the same time, if a food source is placed at the entrance and exit to the maze, they avoid dead ends in the maze and form a connection (as a single tube) between the food sources. In all cases, the organism chose the path that was the shortest between the two food sources. In a way, it "solved" the puzzle of finding the shortest path through the maze. | ||
'''1.2.2 The inspiration''' | '''1.2.2 The inspiration''' | ||
During the introduction course of slime mold, I was amazed by this experiment and it reminded me of a Hollywood movie called ‘Life’. | During the introduction course of slime mold, I was amazed by this experiment and it reminded me of a Hollywood movie called ‘Life’. | ||
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So after watching and learning from this movie, it is hard for me to imagine how strong a single-celled organism can be, even it is just a science fiction. Then I had this idea to tell people the intelligence of slime mold by building an art installation according to its form of growing patterns. | So after watching and learning from this movie, it is hard for me to imagine how strong a single-celled organism can be, even it is just a science fiction. Then I had this idea to tell people the intelligence of slime mold by building an art installation according to its form of growing patterns. | ||
'''1.2.3 The resemblance between the growing patterns of slime mold and human brain section''' | |||
It is easy to find out that the during certain life period of slime mold, it has a network-liked growing pattern. This usually happens when the organism tries to search for food. And there is a coincidence that this pattern resembles the cross sections of human brain very much. As a result I would like to use this as a metaphor, to tell the intelligence of slime mold by implying it thinks like a brain, though it is brainless. | |||
[[:File:biolab-idea-jiannan-pdf.pdf]] | [[:File:biolab-idea-jiannan-pdf.pdf]] |
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