http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/mimssbits/27638/
"A new blob-like robot described in the journal Advanced Robotics uses springs, feet, "protoplasm" and a distributed nervous system to move in a manner inspired by the slime mold Physarum polycepharum. Watch it ooze across a flat surface..."
(((There's video. Swell publication, TECHNOLOGY REVIEW.)))
