Flotsam
It appears that the brain-busting work I did with cellular automata experiments is attracting a bit of attention. This fella has graciously linked to my site; an act I consider high praise indeed,...
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I spend a lot of time at Mathworld looking at some of the amazing interactive geometry examples therein , and wishing I had the time to learn to do similar things. So when I come across someone who has...
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Automata I
Click here to run the automata.Once upon a time I did something like this, maybe back in 2003 or 2004. I recently re-arranged my bookshelves and discovered my copy of A New Kind of Science by Stephen...
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Langton's Ant, Reboot
Click here to run the ants.Another Cellular Automaton experiment. The rules for this one work as follows: 0. Place an ant on a grid. 1. check the color of the square the ant is on. 2a. If the square is...
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Langton's Ant with Heat Map
Click here to see it in action.This is an update to the previous Langton’s Ant experiment. For this one I have added a heat map which shows the frequency with which the “ant” visits each cell in this...
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Langton's Ant - Hex pattern
Click here to see it running.Mostly similar to the previous Langton’s Ant experiment, this one uses a hexagon-ish algorithm instead of a quad. Because I am using square pixels to draw the results, it...
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Langton's Ant 3D, Version 1
Click here to see the ant in new amazing 3D action.My first attempt at moving Langton’s Ant into a 3D grid. The 3D part was easy – just add some Z movement to the existing X and Y pattern.This is what...
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Langton's Ant 3D, Version 2
Another Langton’s Ant 3D experiment. Click here to run the experiment.I finally got the ruleset sorted out, and now I have a simple 3d version of Langton’s Ant up and running. This is how it...
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Langton's Ant in 3d, Using Javascript and Three.js
Click the screenshot to launch the demo. You will need to use the latest version of Chrome, Firefox or Safari if you want to see it running.This is a re-creation of a Flash experiment from several...
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3D Langton's Ant, in Actionscript 3 Using Away3d
Fast on the heels of the 3D Langton's Ants in Javascript using Three.js, here is a version done in Actionscript 3 using Away3d. This will look better on faster computers. Click the image to launch the...
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