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Project Idea

A social network for microorganisms

We use technology to connect each other. In the last years social media platforms emerged and gained popularity. Is the use of technology limited to humans or is it possible to develop and apply such a network to different worlds. Can technology be used to "talk" or interact with microorganisms and me or humans?

Two cultures of microorganisms are connectet through a camera and lightscources. One organism functions as an influencer that takes over control over the live of the other organism.

Technical solutions

The position and or growing of the physarum is detected by a camera above the dish. To get stable and reliable readings, it is necessary to have a constant lightsource above. The image taken by the camera gets processed and controlls the lights using an arduino microcontroller.

Inspiration

Rules for Biologically Inspired Adaptive Network Design

Growing diary

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-== Interesting Things ==
-[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/41111573_Rules_for_Biologically_Inspired_Adaptive_Network_Design Rules for Biologically Inspired Adaptive Network Design]
 == Project Idea ==
 === A social network for microorganisms ===
-We use technology to connect each other. In the last years social media platforms emerged and gained popularity.
-Is the use of technology limited to humans or is it possible to develop and apply such a network to different worlds.
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-The main approach would be to set one culture of a microorganism and connect it to other microorganisms though technology.
+We use technology to connect each other. In the last years social media platforms emerged and gained popularity.
+Is the use of technology limited to humans or is it possible to develop and apply such a network to different worlds. Can technology be used to "talk" or interact with microorganisms and me or humans?
-One organism functions as an influencer that takes over control over the lives of other organisms.
+Two cultures of microorganisms are connectet through a camera and lightscources.
+One organism functions as an influencer that takes over control over the live of the other organism.
-There may be a feedback loop. For example if the organisms that get influenced give a positive feedback (e.g. food supply) to the organism that influences them.
 === Technical solutions ===
-The position and or growing of the physarum can be detected by light sensors underneath the dish. This could be even designed as a maze build out of transparent tubing.
+The position and or growing of the physarum is detected by a camera above the dish.
 To get stable and reliable readings, it is necessary to have a constant lightsource above.
-The data generated by the sensors gets processed by a microcontroller or by using simple electronics.
+The image taken by the camera gets processed and controlls the lights using an arduino microcontroller.
-== Things I think about ==
+== Inspiration ==
-Is there a way to establish a communication between two quite different organisms?
+[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/41111573_Rules_for_Biologically_Inspired_Adaptive_Network_Design Rules for Biologically Inspired Adaptive Network Design]
-Can technology be used to "talk" or interact with microorganisms and me or humans?
-I'm trying to build a capacitor with the organism.
-A capacitor consists of two conductors wich stores different charges. They are seperated by a medium. Which is typicly a vacuum or an isolator. In this case a organic and growing organism.
-Chances in that medium change the characteristic of the capacitor. Which could be data that can be read.
-== 22/4/2021 ==
-My desk is now a co-working space.
-I work and organisms are growing. Two of three organisms are growing very well and fast. About 15mm to 20mm.
-The third organism is growing slower.
-Every once in a while I check the dishes and look at the organisms. It's exiting to see them growing.
-Things are happening. Right before my eyes, that's nice.
-== 23/4/2021 ==
-There is a white mold growing in one of the dishes. I`ll seperate the mold to a new dish. And sterelised everthing that was in contact.
-== 24/4/2021 ==
-I've prepared new dishes and moved/divided the organisms. I also gave them new flakes.
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-File:DW_fP_02.jpeg.jpeg
-File:DW_fP_01.jpeg
-</gallery>
---- from   Lingfei
-Very interesting idea to observe the interaction between microorganisms. This reminds me of an experiment. The experimenter injured another plant in front of a pot of plants, and the uninjured plant would have obvious electric waves when the injure happened.
-But how to distinguish between positive and negative effects? (e.g. food is positiv)
-In what form are these two interacting physarum related to each other? Growing in the same container?
-How to avoid interference from other factors during this period?
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-I did not understand the role of light sensor. Is it used to control the growth direction of physarum?
-How to observe the influence of one on the other?
-How to record?
+[[/Growing diary/]]