Method of growing electrically conductive tissue
AssigneeEcovative Design LLC
InventorsEben Bayer, Gavin McIntyre
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Abstract
An electrical circuit is comprised of a sheet of mycelium having a wiring pattern for an electrical circuit thereon. The sheet of mycelium is prepared from a solution of Potato Dextrose Broth and Potato Dextrose Agar that is inoculated with a macerated tissue culture including a filamentous fungi selected from the group consisting of Basidiomycota, Ascomycota and Zygomycota. A sheet of tissue that grows on the surface of the solution is extracted, plasticized and dried prior to being formed with the wiring pattern.
Claims6
A method of making an electrical circuit comprising the steps of
- obtaining a sterilized Potato Dextrose Broth containing a metal salt;
- obtaining a sterilized Potato Dextrose Agar;
- adding the sterilized Potato Dextrose Broth to said sterilized Potato Dextrose Agar to obtain a solution;
- inoculating the solution with a macerated tissue culture including a filamentous fungi selected from the group consisting of Basidiomycota, Ascomycota and Zygomycota;
- thereafter pouring the inoculated solution into at least one incubation vessel for a time sufficient for a tissue culture to grow across a top surface of the solution while sequestering said metal salt and creating a sheet of tissue;
- extracting the sheet of tissue from the solution;
- adding a plasticizer to said sheet of tissue;
- drying said sheet of tissue;
- and
- subsequently forming a wiring pattern for the electrical circuit in said dried sheet of tissue.
An electrical circuit comprising a sheet of mycelium having a wiring pattern for the electrical circuit thereon.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.