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On the Memristive Properties of Slime Mould

Authors : Ella Gale, Andrew Adamatzky, Ben de Lacy Costello

Published in: Advances in Physarum Machines

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Physarum polycephalum has been shown to be a biological computer, capable of solving problems through morphological computation. We present laboratory experiments where Physarum was investigated as a component of electronic or wet-ware computers. We find that \(I-T\) electronic signals consistent in time-scale with shuttle transport can be recorded with a sensitive Keithley electrometer. The memristor is a novel non-linear stateful resistor with great promise in neuromorphic computing. We demonstrate that Physarum gives \(I-V\) curves consistent with a memristor and that this response is located in the living cytosol part of the organism (as opposed to the gel outer-body or slime layer). We model the Physarum as an active memristor (a memristor combined with a battery), where the living Physarum metabolism provides energy.

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Title: On the Memristive Properties of Slime Mould
Authors: Ella Gale
Andrew Adamatzky
Ben de Lacy Costello
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: Advances in Physarum Machines
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-26661-9

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-26662-6

Copyright Year: 2016
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26662-6_4

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