Conceiving the right recipe for sustainable electronic devices is one of the most pressing issues the industry currently faces. A potential solution could come from imitating life.
Forward-looking: In their search for a sustainable alternative to polymer-based circuit boards, researchers have found a fungal structure that could solve the problem with a completely natural and biodegradable material. Are bio-organic electronics on the horizon?
Conceiving the right recipe for sustainable electronic devices is one of the most pressing issues the industry currently faces. A potential solution could come from imitating life and nature itself or that part of it that usually dwells underground as a support network for mushrooms and fungi. This network, known as mycelium, has demonstrated interesting proprieties regarding sustainable technology and electronics.
According to research by Austrian scientists aptly named MycelioTronics, the Ganoderma lucidum fungus covers its mycelium with a skin-like substance to protect it from bacteria and other fungi.
