Makerfaire Ottawa: Rule 110 (2015)

I built something similar that I called LowBoard. It was a 12x16 array of addressable color LEDs that was originally for low-rez halloween pictures (so good timing!) and we displayed it in the window as part of our display. Then I built a web app and hooked it up to the internet to let anyone draw and display an image for 20 seconds, kind of a physical snapchat. Then an hour or so later and ~100 12x16 dick-picks I disassembled it. Several lessons learned!

I just found out about Wesley&#x27;s blog from the &quot;Colmi R02&quot; post on the front page (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=41833200">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=41833200</a>). I think his blog is an absolute gem. Check out:<p>* Pictures from Space: a n00b&#x27;s guide to receiving images from NOAA weather satellites (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;tahnok.github.io&#x2F;post&#x2F;pics-from-space-n00bs-guide-to-receive-noaa-weather-satellites.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;tahnok.github.io&#x2F;post&#x2F;pics-from-space-n00bs-guide-to...</a>)<p>* BLUEBRIM: RGB lights on a hat with bonus bluetooth (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;tahnok.github.io&#x2F;post&#x2F;bluebrim-rgb-lights-on-a-hat-with-bonus-bluetooth.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;tahnok.github.io&#x2F;post&#x2F;bluebrim-rgb-lights-on-a-hat-w...</a>)<p>* Chameleon Scarf (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;tahnok.github.io&#x2F;post&#x2F;chameleon-scarf.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;tahnok.github.io&#x2F;post&#x2F;chameleon-scarf.html</a>)<p>* How to propose to an engineer (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;tahnok.github.io&#x2F;post&#x2F;how-to-propose-to-an-engineer.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;tahnok.github.io&#x2F;post&#x2F;how-to-propose-to-an-engineer....</a>)<p>Really fun stuff!

The timing of this is kind of funny, as I&#x27;ve been working on my own version of this for the last few weeks. It&#x27;s still very much a work in progress so don&#x27;t judge the repository too harshly.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;tedivm&#x2F;robs_wall_clock&#x2F;">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;tedivm&#x2F;robs_wall_clock&#x2F;</a><p>My project includes-<p>1. Wolfram&#x27;s 2, 3, and 4 state automata (including Rule 110) 2. Langton&#x27;s ants 3. Conway&#x27;s Game of Life, Highlife, and Immigrant games (immigrant is named after another game, but it&#x27;s basically life with colors). 4. A clock. This just tells time.<p>Every few minutes the device will change modes. With the Wolfram rules I include both single starting cells and multiple starting cells, and with Langton&#x27;s Ant I&#x27;ve managed to great some really interesting patterns by placing multiple ants on the display.