Who needs a computer chip when you can just stuff a mushroom into your robot? Cornell scientists are taking “plant-based” to a whole new level, creating a bot that’s part machine, part mushroom, and all sorts of weird. This isn’t sci-fi; it’s fungi-fi, and the spore-tacular results will have you wondering what’s next—a potato-powered toaster?

 

SCIENTISTS GREW A MUSHROOM INTO THIS ROBOT TO ACT AS ITS BRAIN