SlimeMoldCrypt relies on gloopy living organism’s ever-changing network of tendrils for its dynamic, biological, encryption engine — inventor claims concept is resistant to decryption ‘even by quantum machines’

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 Stephanie Rentschler (h/t Hackster.io).

Rentschler’s blog post indicates this invention is still…