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Makerfaire Ottawa: Rule 110 (2015)

by pncnmnp on 10/14/24, 6:08 PM with 5 comments

• by skeeter2020 on 10/17/24, 7:01 PM

  I built something similar that I called LowBoard. It was a 12x16 array of addressable color LEDs that was originally for low-rez halloween pictures (so good timing!) and we displayed it in the window as part of our display. Then I built a web app and hooked it up to the internet to let anyone draw and display an image for 20 seconds, kind of a physical snapchat. Then an hour or so later and ~100 12x16 dick-picks I disassembled it. Several lessons learned!

• by pncnmnp on 10/14/24, 6:19 PM

  I just found out about Wesley's blog from the "Colmi R02" post on the front page (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41833200). I think his blog is an absolute gem. Check out:

  * Pictures from Space: a n00b's guide to receiving images from NOAA weather satellites (https://tahnok.github.io/post/pics-from-space-n00bs-guide-to...)

  * BLUEBRIM: RGB lights on a hat with bonus bluetooth (https://tahnok.github.io/post/bluebrim-rgb-lights-on-a-hat-w...)

  * Chameleon Scarf (https://tahnok.github.io/post/chameleon-scarf.html)

  * How to propose to an engineer (https://tahnok.github.io/post/how-to-propose-to-an-engineer....)

  Really fun stuff!

• by tedivm on 10/17/24, 5:54 PM

  The timing of this is kind of funny, as I've been working on my own version of this for the last few weeks. It's still very much a work in progress so don't judge the repository too harshly.

  https://github.com/tedivm/robs_wall_clock/

  My project includes-

  1. Wolfram's 2, 3, and 4 state automata (including Rule 110) 2. Langton's ants 3. Conway's Game of Life, Highlife, and Immigrant games (immigrant is named after another game, but it's basically life with colors). 4. A clock. This just tells time.

  Every few minutes the device will change modes. With the Wolfram rules I include both single starting cells and multiple starting cells, and with Langton's Ant I've managed to great some really interesting patterns by placing multiple ants on the display.