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Conway's Game of Life, in real life (https://lcamtuf.substack.com)

49 points by surprisetalk about 4 hours ago | 9 comments | View on ycombinator

exolab 7 minutes ago |

> I figured out what would be a reasonable amount to spend on the project and then multiplied that by 10.

I like the way you think.

slow_typist 10 minutes ago |

Très cool.

A grid of capacitive touch sensors could be printed directly on the pcb, bringing down costs by a degree of magnitude. Real switches are much more satisfying though.

PetitPrince about 1 hour ago |

My Alma matter has a jumbo version of this, in which the game if life is one of several available mode https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BioWall

galaxyLogic about 1 hour ago |

I wonder is there a version GoL where every bit on a computer-display or LCD TV is one cell? How does it look?

CJefferson about 1 hour ago |

I've always wanted something like this board, buttons which can light up (preferably a few colours), to use to make games. Anyone ever found such a board which is hackable / programmable?

vunderba about 3 hours ago |

Nice. A friend of mine just picked up a Linnstrument, and I’m very tempted to create a Conway’s Game of Life-based musical visualization for it.

https://www.rogerlinndesign.com/linnstrument

fwipsy about 2 hours ago |

I don't want to build this or pay for it, but I really want to mess with it for an hour.