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Orkan Telhan

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New publication from Scientific Reports

“Morphologically Tunable Mycelium Chips for Physical Reservoir Computing,”has now been published in Nature Scientific Reports.

Since the bioRxiv preprint, we strengthened the paper substantially by:

• Validating the approach across multiple independently grown chips
• Demonstrating stable computational performance after 3 months
• Expanding the electrical and morphological characterization linking morphology to computation

📄 Read the paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-026-55550-5

Wednesday 07.15.26
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New Chapter in "Designing Mycelium"

I contributed a chapter on “Farming Mycelium Textiles” to Assia Crawford and Jonathan Dessi-Olive’s upcoming book, Designing Mycelium: Exploring the Design Potential of Fungi. Grateful to the editors for the invitation to contribute to this timely collection exploring advanced applications of mycelium.

Wednesday 05.20.26
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New works at Contemporary Istanbul 2025

I am participating in Contemporary Istanbul art fair with an exhibition curated by Margarita Kuleva. I have three new works that are part of my ongoing investigations into soil as a living archive of the urban underground, tracing its political and ecological histories.

Thursday 09.25.25
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Can we use AI to grow AI?

One of my last projects at Ecovative was to lead the research on neuromorphic computing with mycelium chips. We just published the preprint on bioRxiv and sent the manuscript for peer-review. See below the visual abstract:

 
Monday 08.25.25
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Three new exhibitions in Italy

Past six months were busy. I have finished two contributions for the 19th International Edition of the Venice Architecture Biennial and one for the 24th International Edition of the Triennale Milano You can find more information in the project pages.

Reservoirs of Venice
Covering Earth
Salivations

Friday 05.16.25
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