Nature's May Tricks: Evolving Cell Matrices

Spring is usually seen as a period of growth and rebirth, but in reality it is also testing time. In the natural world, it is during spring when the next generation is conceived and born. The creatures that are successful in this process will continue to propagate their genetic material for yet another generation. In the previous section we discussed the Cell Matrix, a type of system that has characteristics of both hardware and software. The configuration of a matrix is the set of all its truth tables and the current state of each C and D wire in the system. Creating configurations for self-modifying ...

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