Coding Challenge 179: Elementary Cellular Automata

How is nature hidden in a pile of 0s and 1s? Let's find out by coding a p5.js visualization of the Wolfram Elementary Cellular Automaton! Code: https://thecodingtrain.com/challenges...

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🔗 A New Kind of Science: https://www.wolframscience.com/nks/
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Timestamps:
0:00 Hello!
2:09 What is an elementary cellular automata?
5:41 Explaining the rulesets
7:52 Calculating the next generation.
10:35 Visualizing the CA
14:25 Rule 90
16:45 Wolfram Classification.
19:19 Adding wrap-around
20:37 Suggestions for variations!
21:07 Goodbye!

Editing by Mathieu Blanchette
Animations by Jason Heglund
Music from Epidemic Sound

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