Computers have been built with silicon and there are proposals for exotic materials such as diamond. But for something really unique, use crabs.
Yukio-Pegio Gunji and Yuta Nishiyama of Kobe University built a simple computer using soldier crabs. Soldier crabs (Mictyris guinotae) live in shallow lagoons in Japan, in colonies with thousands of individuals. They swarm together when they feel threatened and move in unison.
Source: news.discovery.com
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