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Breed: a computer program that uses artificial evolution to grow sculptures
- samlittlewood 16y agoThat reminds me of bismuth crystals: http://www.google.co.uk/images?hl=en&source=imghp&q=bismuth+crystal http://www.google.co.uk/images?hl=en&source=imghp&q=... I think that is a result of it being one of the few substances other that water that has a liquid phase that is denser than the solid.
- henning 16y agoSee also MIT's work on this: http://projects.csail.mit.edu/emergentDesign/genr8/ http://projects.csail.mit.edu/emergentDesign/genr8/ This uses grammatical evolution, which is basically evolutionary computation guided by a grammar. The Maya plugin GENR8 was originally implemented is available for download on their website under an unclear license (assume it's restrictive).
- 8675413215454 16y agoany guesses as to what 3d printer he's using?
- steveklabnik 16y agoThe metal ones are certainly ProMetal, but the SLS prints are generic enough I couldn't tell you which one they were printed on specifically.
- adriand 16y agoI don't know what it is, but there is something kind of strange and gross about these sculptures. I'm not sure why I'm responding in that way, but I find them both fascinating and somehow disturbing, as though I'm seeing a little bit of the root of my own being, and it is mathematical and alien.