Go Spotting: Conway's Game of Life
Greg Smith | Published on 4/14/2014
Cambridge mathematician John Conway apparently conceived Game of Life -- his 'cellular automaton' -- on a go board, according to this video sent in by Peter Kron.
The game, which became widely known when it was mentioned in an article published by Scientific American in 1970. It consists of a collection of cells which, based on a few mathematical rules, can live, die or multiply. Depending on the initial conditions, the cells form various patterns throughout the course of the game. For an introduction, you can watch the video fragment from Stephen Hawkings The Meaning of Life. - Greg Smith; includes reporting on bitstorm.org