This unique book explores fungi as sensors, electronic devices, and potential future computers, offering eco-friendly alternatives to traditional electronics. Fungi are ancient, widely distributed organisms ranging from microscopic single cells to massive mycelium spanning hectares. They possess senses similar to humans, detecting light, chemicals, gases, gravity, and electric fields. It covers fungal electrical activity, sensors, electronics, computing prototypes, and fungal language. Authored by leading experts from diverse fields, the book is accessible to readers of all backgrounds, from high-schoolers to professors. It reveals the remarkable potential of fungal machines while minimizing environmental impact.
Author(s): Andrew Adamatzky
Series: Emergence, Complexity and Computation
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland
Year: 2023
Language: English
Pages: 708
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Front Matter
Fungal Electrical Activity
Action Potential Like Spikes in Oyster Fungi Pleurotus Djamor
On Electrical Spiking of Ganoderma Resinaceum
Electrical Spiking of Psilocybin Fungi
Complexity of Electrical Spiking of Fungi
Fungi Anaesthesia
Fungal Sensors and Wearables
Living Mycelium Composites Discern Weights via Patterns of the Electrical Activity
Fungal Sensing Skin
Reactive Fungal Wearable
On Stimulating Fungi Pleurotus Ostreatus with Hydrocortisone
Fungal Photosensors
Reactive Fungal Insoles
Electrical Response of Fungi to Changing Moisture Content
Fungal Electronics
Electrical Resistive Spiking of Fungi
Fungal Capacitors
Mem-Fractive Properties of Fungi
Electrical Signal Transfer by Fungi
Fungal Computing
Towards Fungal Computer
On Boolean Gates in Fungal Colony
Electrical Frequency Discrimination by Fungi Pleurotus Ostreatus
On Electrical Gates on Fungal Colony
Mining Logical Circuits in Fungi
Fungal Automata
Exploring Dynamics of Fungal Cellular Automata
Computational Universality of Fungal Sandpile Automata
Fungal Language and Cognition
Language of Fungi Derived from their Electrical Spiking Activity
Fungal Minds
Back Matter
