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If you're interested in emergence and artificial life, I've been working on creating in JavaScript a lot of the work that has been done by others in the past as

by matt1 12y ago

If you're interested in emergence and artificial life, I've been working on creating in JavaScript a lot of the work that has been done by others in the past as well as some original projects: http://www.emergentmind.com/ http://www.emergentmind.com/ The last project (The Evolution of Color) has similarities to the color visualizations described in this post: it uses genetic algorithms to evolve a population of colors towards a fittest color as determined by the closeness of the bits that comprise the colors. I have a few other projects planned so if you're into this stuff you're welcome to sign up for the mailing list to get notified when they are launched: http://www.emergentmind.com/newsletter http://www.emergentmind.com/newsletter I'm always open to ideas for new projects so if you have anything you'd like to see implemented or want to work on something together feel free to shoot me a note.

jal278 12y ago
Something like evolving virtual creatures would be a fun (although pretty ambitious) addition [1]. There's a processing 2D virutal creatures model called sticky feet [2] (source available) that perhaps could be ported to js pretty quickly. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBgG_VSP7f8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBgG_VSP7f8 [2] http://www.cc.gatech.edu/~turk/stickyfeet/ http://www.cc.gatech.edu/~turk/stickyfeet/
- matt1 12y ago
  For sure -- that is one of the medium term projects I want to work on. We'll see how it goes in the browser though...
trendoid 12y ago
This is great. can you recommend a few readings to someone who is interested in artificial life(and has some programming experience) but not sure where to start?
- matt1 12y ago
  A bit of a belated response, but check out Steven Levy's Artifical Life book: http://www.amazon.com/Artificial-Life-Frontier-Computers-Biology/dp/0679743898 http://www.amazon.com/Artificial-Life-Frontier-Computers-Bio... It's slightly dated, but I thought it was a really good introduction.

by matt1 12y ago

jal278 12y ago

Something like evolving virtual creatures would be a fun (although pretty ambitious) addition [1]. There's a processing 2D virutal creatures model called sticky feet [2] (source available) that perhaps could be ported to js pretty quickly. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBgG_VSP7f8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBgG_VSP7f8 [2] http://www.cc.gatech.edu/~turk/stickyfeet/ http://www.cc.gatech.edu/~turk/stickyfeet/

matt1 12y ago
For sure -- that is one of the medium term projects I want to work on. We'll see how it goes in the browser though...

trendoid 12y ago

This is great. can you recommend a few readings to someone who is interested in artificial life(and has some programming experience) but not sure where to start?

matt1 12y ago
A bit of a belated response, but check out Steven Levy's Artifical Life book: http://www.amazon.com/Artificial-Life-Frontier-Computers-Biology/dp/0679743898 http://www.amazon.com/Artificial-Life-Frontier-Computers-Bio... It's slightly dated, but I thought it was a really good introduction.