Today I read a paper titled “Slime mould computes planar shapes”
The abstract is:
Computing a polygon defining a set of planar points is a classical problem of modern computational geometry.
In laboratory experiments we demonstrate that a concave hull, a connected alpha-shape without holes, of a finite planar set is approximated by slime mould Physarum polycephalum.
We represent planar points with sources of long-distance attractants and short-distance repellents and inoculate a piece of plasmodium outside the data set.
The plasmodium moves towards the data and envelops it by pronounced protoplasmic tubes.