A new device hopes to harden cryptography by leveraging icky-sounding organisms called slime molds. This idea might sound decidedly weird in the context of a brief headline. However, the underlying concept is that the chaotic and unpredictable tendrils of slime create patterns that are “inherently resistant to computational decryption — even by quantum machines,” according to SlimeMoldCrypt inventor data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://stephanierentschler.com/speculative-design-projects” target=”_blank” data-url=”https://stephanierentschler.com/speculative-design-projects” referrerpolicy=”no-referrer-when-downgrade” data-hl-processed=”none”>Stephanie Rentschler (h/t data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.hackster.io/news/a-mold-powered-encryption-engine-41b49d6f2207″ data-url=”https://www.hackster.io/news/a-mold-powered-encryption-engine-41b49d6f2207″ target=”_blank” referrerpolicy=”no-referrer-when-downgrade” data-hl-processed=”none”>Hackster.io).
Rentschler’s blog post indicates this invention is still…
