Hi all! I have been lurking here for a little while and I have to say, this is the best collection of Big Brains I have yet encountered. With that out of the way, I have a link: http://www.frams.poznan.pl/ which I found today, which I thought might be useful to those of you who are experimenting with AI/ALife. eS

If you liked that site, check out the following paper:

Synthesis of autonomous robots through evolution. Stfano Nolfi and Dario Floreano. Trends in Cognitive Sciences v6n1 Jan 2002 p31-37

-Kirk (little brain)

Hey, I think I saw a show on that! Is that the one that randomly creates a genetic structure, tests how well it works toward a specific goal, then mutates it 5 times or so, then picks the most sucessful mutation and tries it again, and again, and again... Woa, major run-on! But is that the one? Some of the results were AMAZING!

Alex Broadwin
A-Tronic Software & Design
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"if you fail in life, you were destined to fail. If you suceed in life, call me."
"The answer is out there."
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I think that is the one. It was on NOVA (PBS), maybe, about five years ago? I had completely forgotten about it until today...

It was also on recently (month ago?). I think it was on the "research" channel. I could be wrong. I was lucky enough to stumble on it while channel-flipping. Very cool stuff. I plan to make my own version, the concept is simple. I just need a flexible neural net system and a solid physics engine to start with.

Alex Broadwin
A-Tronic Software & Design
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"if you fail in life, you were destined to fail. If you suceed in life, call me."
"The answer is out there."
"Please help, I''m using Windows!"