The Deadly Dapperlings

�I�ve been calling it the Mycelium Network. A few things: it will only eat non-living organic material. And be careful when stressing it � its self-defence mechanism is, ah. Well, it�s to explode.�

The Benthic Engineering Club, �The Deadly Dapperlings�, need an advisor to help with the upcoming Inventors Competition. Their work-in-progress � a fungal network that they hope will revolutionise long-distance communication � is brilliant, revolutionary, and only occasionally explodes.

Guide some of London�s finest young minds as they chart the frontiers of modern science, and use your profound wisdom and vast experience to help them secure a lucrative prize.

Or, alternatively, cheat.