Comments on: Synchronizing Fireflies http://tinkerlog.com/2007/05/11/synchronizing-fireflies/ Alex' blog Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:01:11 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Synchronizing Fireflies NG | electronic circuit project http://tinkerlog.com/2007/05/11/synchronizing-fireflies/comment-page-1/#comment-40991 Synchronizing Fireflies NG | electronic circuit project Sat, 27 Dec 2008 18:47:28 +0000 http://tinkerlog.com/2007/05/11/synchronizing-fireflies/#comment-40991 [...] is a remake of the fireflies which I did a year ago. I was always fascinated by the emergence of patterns. One I like most is [...] [...] is a remake of the fireflies which I did a year ago. I was always fascinated by the emergence of patterns. One I like most is [...]

]]> By: Electronics-Lab.com Blog » Blog Archive » Synchronizing Fireflies NG http://tinkerlog.com/2007/05/11/synchronizing-fireflies/comment-page-1/#comment-27316 Electronics-Lab.com Blog » Blog Archive » Synchronizing Fireflies NG Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:00:44 +0000 http://tinkerlog.com/2007/05/11/synchronizing-fireflies/#comment-27316 [...] is a remake of the fireflies which I did a year ago. I was always fascinated by the emergence of patterns. One I like most is [...] [...] is a remake of the fireflies which I did a year ago. I was always fascinated by the emergence of patterns. One I like most is [...]

]]> By: Heraclitean Fire — Links http://tinkerlog.com/2007/05/11/synchronizing-fireflies/comment-page-1/#comment-9918 Heraclitean Fire — Links Sat, 29 Mar 2008 09:36:14 +0000 http://tinkerlog.com/2007/05/11/synchronizing-fireflies/#comment-9918 [...] Tinkerlog » Blog Archive » Synchronizing Fireflies via MAKE ‘… the synchronization of hundreds or thousands of fireflies. First they flash randomly but after some time and influencing each other, they flash in sync. This circuit simulates fireflies with small microcontrollers.’ (tags: LEDs fireflies electronics ingenious) daily links | 29 March 2008 at 9:34 am | RSS « ‘Breaking the Rules’ at the British Library [...] [...] Tinkerlog » Blog Archive » Synchronizing Fireflies via MAKE ‘… the synchronization of hundreds or thousands of fireflies. First they flash randomly but after some time and influencing each other, they flash in sync. This circuit simulates fireflies with small microcontrollers.’ (tags: LEDs fireflies electronics ingenious) daily links | 29 March 2008 at 9:34 am | RSS « ‘Breaking the Rules’ at the British Library [...]

]]> By: Robert Louis Carpenter http://tinkerlog.com/2007/05/11/synchronizing-fireflies/comment-page-1/#comment-9906 Robert Louis Carpenter Sat, 29 Mar 2008 05:47:05 +0000 http://tinkerlog.com/2007/05/11/synchronizing-fireflies/#comment-9906 Have you tried introducing error into the system once it has synchronized? Maybe something like shooting a laser pointer at the paper briefly....just a flash to introduce error into the system. I also wonder what would happen if you reprogrammed one of them to blink regularly (ie. no sync programming) but started much later. I would assume that they would all re-sync to the phase of the source that doesn't shift. It also makes me wonder what would happen if a corrupt wave was introduced...a light that doesn't blink at the same speed. If it were the correct speed you might be able to get some cool patterns once it stabilized....I am thinking something like a ripple effect might appear. Have you tried introducing error into the system once it has synchronized? Maybe something like shooting a laser pointer at the paper briefly….just a flash to introduce error into the system. I also wonder what would happen if you reprogrammed one of them to blink regularly (ie. no sync programming) but started much later. I would assume that they would all re-sync to the phase of the source that doesn’t shift.

It also makes me wonder what would happen if a corrupt wave was introduced…a light that doesn’t blink at the same speed. If it were the correct speed you might be able to get some cool patterns once it stabilized….I am thinking something like a ripple effect might appear.

]]> By: aaron http://tinkerlog.com/2007/05/11/synchronizing-fireflies/comment-page-1/#comment-9878 aaron Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:33:29 +0000 http://tinkerlog.com/2007/05/11/synchronizing-fireflies/#comment-9878 Awesome. So neat to see them all start to really synch up 2/3 of the way through. Awesome. So neat to see them all start to really synch up 2/3 of the way through.

]]> By: Alex http://tinkerlog.com/2007/05/11/synchronizing-fireflies/comment-page-1/#comment-9870 Alex Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:31:00 +0000 http://tinkerlog.com/2007/05/11/synchronizing-fireflies/#comment-9870 Yes, I think so. Cellular automata use simple rules where every pixel is related to its direct neighbours and that is the same as with my fireflies. Even a "Game Of Live" should be possible. Yes, I think so. Cellular automata use simple rules where every pixel is related to its direct neighbours and that is the same as with my fireflies.
Even a “Game Of Live” should be possible.

]]> By: C. Coffman http://tinkerlog.com/2007/05/11/synchronizing-fireflies/comment-page-1/#comment-9869 C. Coffman Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:06:44 +0000 http://tinkerlog.com/2007/05/11/synchronizing-fireflies/#comment-9869 I wonder if this has any similar emerging properties to cellular automata. Some of the patterns it produces look similar to that. I wonder if this has any similar emerging properties to cellular automata. Some of the patterns it produces look similar to that.

]]> By: Daily DIY Network - Science Projects Plans Guides » Blog Archive » Synchronizing fireflies http://tinkerlog.com/2007/05/11/synchronizing-fireflies/comment-page-1/#comment-9864 Daily DIY Network - Science Projects Plans Guides » Blog Archive » Synchronizing fireflies Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:00:40 +0000 http://tinkerlog.com/2007/05/11/synchronizing-fireflies/#comment-9864 [...] Check out the Synchronizing fireflies [...] [...] Check out the Synchronizing fireflies [...]

]]> By: Dom http://tinkerlog.com/2007/05/11/synchronizing-fireflies/comment-page-1/#comment-4827 Dom Fri, 18 Jan 2008 04:05:56 +0000 http://tinkerlog.com/2007/05/11/synchronizing-fireflies/#comment-4827 well, you would need a soldering iron, solder, photo sensitive resistors, prototype boards, leds, and a slew of atTiny13s, which you would have to order somewhere else, such as Digikey or a place that sells microcontrollers well, you would need a soldering iron, solder, photo sensitive resistors, prototype boards, leds, and a slew of atTiny13s, which you would have to order somewhere else, such as Digikey or a place that sells microcontrollers

]]> By: Terry http://tinkerlog.com/2007/05/11/synchronizing-fireflies/comment-page-1/#comment-2831 Terry Sun, 09 Dec 2007 14:08:27 +0000 http://tinkerlog.com/2007/05/11/synchronizing-fireflies/#comment-2831 Amazing. I work at radioshack. Suppose I had to make this completely with Radioshack Parts. What would I need and what would the connections be? Amazing.
I work at radioshack.
Suppose I had to make this completely with Radioshack Parts.
What would I need and what would the connections be?

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