A couple of months ago, some nice guys of the IFISC (Institute for Cross-Disciplinary Physics and Complex Systems) contacted me. They saw the Synchronizing Fireflies and wanted them to demonstrate how simple rules can make patterns emerge from chaos. The main research of the institute is in Nonlinear Physics and Complex Systems.
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Fireflies at the Fira de la Ciència
May 17th, 2010 · 4 Comments · avr, led, simulation
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64 Synchronizing Fireflies
June 25th, 2009 · 17 Comments · avr, led, simulation
Last week I invested some time to solder 64 Firefly boards. Only 2.432 solder joints later I was ready for some videos.
Every firefly acts completely autonomously, it has its own tiny controller, eye and luminary. They are all connected for power supply only.
Here are some different configurations.
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Synchronizing Fireflies NG
July 27th, 2008 · 51 Comments · avr, led, simulation
Update 04. Dec. 2008: This article is replaced by the new howto.
This 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 the synchronization of hundreds or thousands of fireflies. First they flash randomly but after some time and [...]
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Synchronizing Fireflies
May 11th, 2007 · 15 Comments · avr, instructable, led, simulation
I was always fascinated by the emergence of patterns. One I like most is the synchronization of hundreds or thousands of fireflies. First they flash randomly but after some time and influencing each other, they flash in sync.
The rule behind this is very simple. All fireflies have nearly the same frequency for their flashing, but [...]
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