Paras Chopra's Blog » Biology http://paraschopra.com/blog about a thing called life Mon, 21 May 2012 16:15:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Digital Evolution Basics http://paraschopra.com/blog/personal/digital-evolution-basics.htm?nucrss=1 http://paraschopra.com/blog/personal/digital-evolution-basics.htm#comments Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:22:28 +0000 Paras Chopra http://paraschopra.com/blog/?p=406 Possibly related posts (automagically generated):]]>

For those who are not aware of digital evolution, I am writing a quick short summary. Digital evolution means evolution of computer programs who compete for limited resources such as CPU and memory. In short, it goes something like this:

- You define a universe, which is virtual memory (space) and CPU (time)
- You create energy (CPU cycles)
- You define an extremely limited instruction set for Virtual Machine (Physics). Instruction set being limited is important because you want to mimic physics, not chemistry or biology
- You seed randomly generated programs of varying length
- You start parallel execution the random programs
- Each instruction eats up energy and at random times you feed energy into universe
- At random times mis-execute program instructions
- Run it for a long time and Voila! finally self replication gets evolved from very simple instructions
- Then arms race gets started between programs and things get interesting

Some people argue that digital evolution is not merely an emulation of real thing but is indeed a real manifestation of evolution and I tend to believe the same.

To download the digital evolution simulator written by me in Python (called PyPond), head to: Download: Normal version or With graphics version (requires PyGame library)

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]]> http://paraschopra.com/blog/personal/digital-evolution-basics.htm/feed 0 PyPond: A digital life simulator in Python http://paraschopra.com/blog/biology/pypond-a-digital-life-simulator-in-python.htm?nucrss=1 http://paraschopra.com/blog/biology/pypond-a-digital-life-simulator-in-python.htm#comments Thu, 17 Jul 2008 05:08:35 +0000 Paras Chopra http://www.paraschopra.com/blog/?p=380 Possibly related posts (automagically generated):]]>

Today, I am releasing PyPond which I made as my final year project. PyPond is a digital life simulator in Python inspired from Nanopond

Download: Normal version or With graphics version (requires PyGame library)

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Cool concept.

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]]> http://paraschopra.com/blog/biology/the-hiv-game.htm/feed 0 Self cloning by a creature http://paraschopra.com/blog/biology/self-cloning-by-a-creature.htm?nucrss=1 http://paraschopra.com/blog/biology/self-cloning-by-a-creature.htm#comments Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:35:45 +0000 Paras Chopra http://www.paraschopra.com/blog/biology/self-cloning-by-a-creature.htm

Spooky.

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]]> http://paraschopra.com/blog/biology/self-cloning-by-a-creature.htm/feed 0 Craig Venter trying to creating CO2 eating life http://paraschopra.com/blog/biology/craig-venter-trying-to-creating-co2-eating-life.htm?nucrss=1 http://paraschopra.com/blog/biology/craig-venter-trying-to-creating-co2-eating-life.htm#comments Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:15:05 +0000 Paras Chopra http://www.paraschopra.com/blog/biology/craig-venter-trying-to-creating-co2-eating-life.htm Possibly related posts (automagically generated):]]>

Have a look here.

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Maybe.

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]]> http://paraschopra.com/blog/biology/is-dust-another-form-of-life.htm/feed 0 Bacteria makes Gasoline http://paraschopra.com/blog/biology/bacteria-makes-gasoline.htm?nucrss=1 http://paraschopra.com/blog/biology/bacteria-makes-gasoline.htm#comments Sat, 18 Aug 2007 13:30:42 +0000 Paras Chopra GUID Possibly related posts (automagically generated):]]>

Is this the future?

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OpenWetWare.org has an interesting “Primer for Synthetic Biology, Part I — Molecular
Biology/Biochemistry for Novices” by Scott Mohr (It is 69 Pages long PDF document). The document explains molecular biology in extremely simple terms. It is a must download if you are just beginning to explore the fascinating field of molecular biology.

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]]> http://paraschopra.com/blog/biology/synthetic-biology-primer.htm/feed 2 A robot powered by rat brain http://paraschopra.com/blog/biology/a-robot-powered-by-rat-brain.htm?nucrss=1 http://paraschopra.com/blog/biology/a-robot-powered-by-rat-brain.htm#comments Sun, 08 Jul 2007 12:03:21 +0000 Paras Chopra GUID Possibly related posts (automagically generated):]]>

Well not exactly a rat brain, but a rat brain model instead. Have a look at the news here.

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]]> http://paraschopra.com/blog/biology/a-robot-powered-by-rat-brain.htm/feed 0 A talk on regenerative medicine http://paraschopra.com/blog/biology/a-talk-on-regenerative-medicine.htm?nucrss=1 http://paraschopra.com/blog/biology/a-talk-on-regenerative-medicine.htm#comments Fri, 06 Jul 2007 14:00:07 +0000 Paras Chopra GUID Possibly related posts (automagically generated):]]>

An excellent talk on the use of regenerative medicine to hack the human body to regenerate parts of it.


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