B e a u t y E v o l v e

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-194387290709307772009-04-24T11:45:38.586-07:00B e a u t y E v o l v e( on a convergence of beauty, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_life">artificial life</a> and something else )nbnoreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19438729070930777.post-87093364044946783312008-09-22T21:00:00.000-07:002008-09-22T21:02:10.036-07:00planted the garden

G A R D E N

nbnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19438729070930777.post-45296067288434826142008-09-17T10:10:00.001-07:002008-09-17T10:12:45.080-07:00Myth + Generative Aesthetics + ?

Or, is the difference only in magnitude and history? What if you were reduced to a small set of ideas, a set that could explore a landscape of other sets? What would you seek? What would you attempt? What would you fear?

nbnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19438729070930777.post-35257626884925036562008-08-27T21:26:00.000-07:002008-08-27T21:34:36.544-07:00Pigeon Tries To Marry

Once Pigeon was walking along the water's edge in South Lake Union when he saw three beautiful women. They were sitting, laughing and talking on their cell phones. Pigeon decided he would try to marry one of them. He told all his friends and all their friends that he was holding a great feast in the park. Everyone knew Pigeon was generous with food and drink and was happy to come. The three women

nbnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19438729070930777.post-30634666311646683082008-07-26T21:48:00.000-07:002008-07-26T21:50:08.917-07:00What Was I Thinking?

nbnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19438729070930777.post-72578300900942028072008-02-06T15:43:00.000-08:002008-02-06T16:04:50.422-08:00Pea Patch

I've had several ideas for some time now, each seemingly unrelated, each equally attractive. Finally, last night, I visualized how they might all link together into a single _thing_.I've long wanted to create a slowly growing, evolving garden of plants that I would make a part of my home page for this site. Trees and shrubs would compete for space and survival, tangling with each other, accepting

nbnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19438729070930777.post-18754480815977224342008-01-22T09:54:00.001-08:002008-09-17T10:19:00.530-07:00Line Notes

nbnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19438729070930777.post-90978407817300111442008-01-20T22:09:00.000-08:002008-09-17T10:17:22.292-07:00an iteration

Click to see in action

nbnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19438729070930777.post-17425814147962251702008-01-02T18:39:00.000-08:002008-09-17T10:18:18.029-07:00lines of force

Lines from the ether. The implicate becoming explicit. Graphs of one-dimensional entities, beings who only exist in the x axis. They wave over time. Like other reproducing entities, they become stronger in proximity. When mature lines cross, a new line is born. The color and intensity of a line's graph indicates its health. A proof of concept:Click to see in action

nbnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19438729070930777.post-52575829594669611072007-11-19T21:21:00.000-08:002007-11-19T21:23:37.655-08:00Junk Silver

to balance the many colored sands I've collected.to fill the bomb-proof file, the speakbank.to offer as party favors.to make the moon from.

nbnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19438729070930777.post-54071924401165127192007-10-17T21:18:00.000-07:002007-10-17T21:30:15.694-07:00Triggers

Triggers determine behavior (specifically which action blocks to perform):T[ (SW * C) + ((TR / 10) * TW) > TT ] --> ABSW - sensory weight (integer)C - condition (1 or 0)TR / 10 - trigger rate (# triggers over last 10 cycles)TW - trend weight (integer)TT - trigger thresholdAB - action blockCurrent conditions and past trigger firings influence further firings, which dictate behavior.For example:T[

nbnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19438729070930777.post-86044782128778097912007-09-20T21:56:00.000-07:002007-09-20T22:02:09.415-07:00Walk-In

It would be nice to project the visual world onto the floor of a large space. It would be really nice to be able to interact positively with the environment and influence the project, even if all you did was walk 'through' the projection. [Wanted: engineer, human-computer interfaces]

nbnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19438729070930777.post-84946347983368801522007-09-03T20:13:00.001-07:002007-09-03T20:13:58.113-07:00SCALP

Simple Collaborative Artificial Life ProjectIn a 2D world, circles seek food, mates and the approval of the membership.Your browser window is the 2D world, as long as you have it open and are connected to the Internet.Circles: mate with, feed on and evade other circles.By viewing this web page, you are a participating member. Membership rights include: influencing the sexual selection of circles

nbnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19438729070930777.post-67952454934937636912007-08-18T20:13:00.000-07:002007-08-18T21:22:56.942-07:00The Artificial Pea Patch

Plants live in a physically consistent environment, visually composed of submitted images (user uploaded with tagged connection points and behaviors), whose strengths - and in turn, selection pressures - are weighted by user votes.[I like this plant] [This plant might be offensive]The user community will shape successful species (see Darwin and Dawkins) by voting for beautiful, compelling

nbnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19438729070930777.post-81799477276341348732007-08-15T22:00:00.000-07:002007-08-18T21:25:35.837-07:00the cocktail napkin

artificial life + collaborative aesthetics + image trees

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