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Sustainable memristors from shiitake mycelium for high-frequency bioelectronics

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144 points PaulHoule | 4 comments | 31 Oct 25 13:32 UTC | HN request time: 0.219s | source
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joelthelion ◴[31 Oct 25 15:52 UTC] No.45773476[source]▶
Do we really believe that this kind of stuff has any chance of scaling and becoming generally useful?
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embedding-shape ◴[31 Oct 25 15:56 UTC] No.45773520[source]▶
Do we have to believe this will scale and be "generally useful" (whatever that means) in order for it to be interesting enough to talk, discuss and think about?
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1. Uhhrrr ◴[31 Oct 25 16:08 UTC] No.45773678[source]▶
To be fair, among the first questions interested people would ask about something like this are, "what can we use it for?" and "will it scale?"
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2. embedding-shape ◴[31 Oct 25 16:10 UTC] No.45773694[source]▶
"what can we use it for?" I'd understand why someone would ask. Maybe not specifically in this case, as it's outlined in the abstract and paper itself, but I generally understand that.

"will it scale?" I'm not so understanding of, for a submission about early research, it's one of the less interesting questions about it, and something you figure out much much later, and wouldn't invalidate these results no matter what the answer to that question is.

3. Razengan ◴[31 Oct 25 18:00 UTC] No.45774837[source]▶
Can I eat it? Can I fuck it? Will it eat me? Will it fuck me?
4. jazzyjackson ◴[31 Oct 25 18:02 UTC] No.45774848[source]▶
Interested people being investors I guess?

My reaction is more, how does this work, what is it about mushrooms and mycelial networks, and sure, what is possible - but not, how soon can I monetize this