Slime mould solves maze in one pass ... assisted by gradient of chemo-attractants · HackerPapers discussionshttps://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1108.4956/Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMTSlime mould solves maze in one pass ... assisted by gradient of chemo-attractants — mentioned by DonHopkinshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22737916urn:hackerpapers:mention:1108.4956:22737916Tue, 31 Mar 2020 14:39:14 GMT<p>You also get beautiful spirals from Belousov–Zhabotinsky reactions. They can be simulated by cellular automata, and are manifested in nature by chemical reactions, slime molds, and reefs of tube worms! I don&#x27;t think they&#x27;re Turing complete or self replicating per se, but you can start them on a random configuration, and they will form several spiraling &quot;attractors&quot; around oscillating cores (&quot;nucleation&quot;), that send out concentric spiraling waves, which meet waves from other attractors (or boundaries in the environment like a maze) and reinforce or cancel each other out, and also they can…</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1108.4956/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>nlin.PS