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This same kind of reaction-diffusion mechanism is responsible for skin patterns (stripes, spots, etc.) in a variety of animal species.

• cma 8y ago
  If you are familiar with Conway's game of life, there is also "smooth life" which uses turing style reaction-diffusion equations: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJe9H6qS82I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJe9H6qS82I
  • sitkack 8y ago
    You can generate these SmoothLife patterns with Ready [0] [0] https://github.com/GollyGang/ready/blob/gh-pages/Patterns/SmoothLife2011/gaussian-smoothlife.vti https://github.com/GollyGang/ready/blob/gh-pages/Patterns/Sm... I find USkate the most beautiful, http://mrob.com/pub/comp/xmorphia/uskate-world.html http://mrob.com/pub/comp/xmorphia/uskate-world.html
• gerdesj 8y ago
  Yes, the article spelt that out: And if the two chemicals diffuse at different rates, you can get complex patterns or reaction products like spots or tiger stripes.
• emmelaich 8y ago
  Perhaps striped paint will finally be a thing? http://dare.wisc.edu/survey-results/1965-1970/types-and-attitudes-people/hh14 http://dare.wisc.edu/survey-results/1965-1970/types-and-atti...
  • gboudrias 8y ago
    1 1 1 1 Ah yes, quite the curated dictionary.