Friday, June 18, 2010

First replicating creature spawned in life simulator - physics-math - 16 June 2010 - New Scientist

First replicating creature spawned in life simulator - physics-math - 16 June 2010 - New Scientist: "When Wade posted his self-replicating mathematical organism on a Life community website on 18 May, it sparked a wave of excitement. 'This is truly ground-breaking work,' wrote a fellow Life enthusiast, Adam Goucher, on the website Game of Life News. 'In fact, this is arguably the single most impressive and important pattern ever devised.'"