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> I know HN is mostly interested in computers, but plants have some very interesting things to learn about. Indeed, and you can even study them in the context
by nice_byte 11y ago
> I know HN is mostly interested in computers, but plants have some very interesting things to learn about.
Indeed, and you can even study them in the context of algorithms: http://algorithmicbotany.org/ http://algorithmicbotany.org/ - discovered this while reading about L-systems, I find it really fascinating.
- slavik81 11y agoHey, Cory here. I'm a (relatively new) member of that lab. I think the coolest thing on the site is the book The Algorithmic Beauty of Plants. The PDF is available in the publications section. TreeSketch is also interesting. There's a fairly approachable paper about it there too. Unfortunately, keeping up with regular maintenance for an iOS App is quite painful for a university lab. It was removed from App Store after its last maintainer moved on, but there has been some discussion about relisting it.