When was the last time we talked about cellular automata? Months, maybe a year. Anyway, as we came out of a shop earlier, my son said “would the Game of Life be different if it was played on rectangles?” It turns out he was thinking about the floor we were on. So this afternoon… (next post)
This afternoon we made the pattern on a Lego board and he picked some rules. We used red/pink bricks for alive cells. We made a few iterations until we ran out of time.
There are now machines to help humans lay block paving... Would need some upgrading with a second hopper and some clever maths to meet your needs, but some of the principal of operation is already established...
The obvious commercial application would be demarcating parking places and other flat user-instructions. But fun people would use it for what you envisage :P
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m89khGGrM_4
#math #maths #mathematics #gameOfLife #blockPaving #building #road
Peter Rowlett
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