Slime Mould Simulation

Physarum Polycephalum, is a slime mold that inhabits shady, cool, moist areas, such as decaying leaves and logs. Like slime molds in general, it is sensitive to light; in particular, light can repel the slime mold and be a factor in triggering spores. This project was done using: - Java as the code language, - JavaFX for the graphics and animations, - A* algorithm for pathfinding. For any questions, I can be contacted by mail - alon@ Project on github: OVERVIEW: QUESTION Can slime mould design our infrastructure? That is, can we leave the job of designing routes between places, to a zero-intelligence organism, thus creating optimal low cost solutions to hard heavy problems? BACKGROUND When talking about ‘slime mould’, I actually refer to the specific organism called ‘Physarum Polycephalum. From wikipedia - “polycephalum, literally the “many-headed slime&qu