Computer circuits made of slime - BBC Click

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Researchers at Plymouth University have built a musical bio-computer. It contains an analogue computing circuit with components grown from a slime mould.
When electrical impulses are sent to the mould, its response is measured in current and translated back to a piano using electromagnets.
BBC Click's LJ Rich spoke with Professor Eduardo Miranda of the Interdisciplinary Centre for Computer Music Research to find out more.
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