Fungal Architecture

[lainon]

https://arxiv.org/abs/1912.13262

[jefft255]

I just love the name of the journal they're publishing in: "International Journal of Unconventional Computing". That's new to me!!

[filkatron]

fungal computer: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rsfs.201...

[ozten → filkatron]

“Acknowledgements

I acknowledges pearl oyster mushrooms P. ostreatus for their cooperation in the studies.”

[mlthoughts2018]

Will this finally mean companies can no longer defend the blatant falsehood that open-plan layouts are cheaper than dedicating private offices per knowledge worker?

[ozten]

Fascinating! Wouldn't you constantly be replacing units? Once the mycelium consume all of the fuel, wouldn't the compute unit die?