This is an old video I made quite a while ago but never posted on the channel. This worm is a descendant of the "End-Over-End" worm seen in other videos. I don't even recall anymore what settings I changed during the subsequent evolution that led to this guy.

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This creature was evolved in 3DVCE. The first clip is the best creature after 433 generations on bumpy terrain. The second clip is a descendant that evolved on flat terrain from generation 434 to 1000. It happened to topple over and couldn't recover during that clip. The last clip is the same creature again, only without toppling over.

Want to evolve unique creatures of your own? Visit the project web site at:
http://www.stellaralchemy.com/ lee/virtual_creatures.html

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This creature was evolved in 3DVCE and was kindly sent to me by Ryan Orr.
Want to evolve unique creatures of your own? Visit the project website at:
http://www.stellaralchemy.com/ lee/virtual_creatures.html

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http://www.ted.com Someone always asks the math teacher, "Am I going to use calculus in real life?" And for most of us, says Arthur Benjamin, the answer is no. He offers a bold proposal on how to make math education relevant in the digital age.

TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. Featured speakers have included Al Gore on climate change, Philippe Starck on design, Jill Bolte Taylor on observing her own stroke, Nicholas Negroponte on One Laptop per Child, Jane Goodall on chimpanzees, Bill Gates on malaria and mosquitoes, Pattie Maes on the "Sixth Sense" wearable tech, and "Lost" producer JJ Abrams on the allure of mystery. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, development and the arts. Closed captions and translated subtitles in a variety of languages are now available on TED.com, at http://www.ted.com/translate. Watch a highlight reel of the Top 10 TEDTalks at http://www.ted.com/index.php/t alks/top10

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BBC Radio 4's Broadcast of Mark Watson makes the World Substantially Better, With Tim Minchin performing the music.

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3D Virtual Creature Evolution : evolved virtual creature / virtual life at Generation 200 of 500, using 3DVCE made by Lee Graham. Due to HD crash, this is no longer evolving :(
Can actually use its mutated extra leg to keep moving upwards if it flips on its side.
Video is taken from a random creature during evolution.

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This is the first video that I have ever produced. I had fun.
Please watch it in high quality.

I posted this song on my blog a while ago as "Juno3" (the third song I made using a set of Juno106 samples).

To download it go here:
http://myneuralart.blogspot.co m/2008/08/juno106.html

This video mostly combines footage of "3DVCE" (3D Virtual Creature Evolution) and "Critters" software.

I highly recommend either program for anyone interested in the mechanics of evolution.

3DVCE:
http://www.stellaralchemy.com/ lee/virtual_creatures.html

Critters:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =GuWJ1ZiwO2g

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This is the third installment of a six-part series on the scientific basis for evolution, refuting lies from creationists.

This series is now available on DVD and Blu-Ray! The DVD contains full NTSC-resolution versions, and the Blu-Ray disc contains full 720p-resolution versions (and is small enough to fit on a standard single-layer DVD-R), of all six videos, and includes English subtitles. It also includes other freely-available videos referenced in the series, including three from cdk007, a video I made about Piltdown Man, and the clip of students doing a rather stupid protest of evolution.

You can get the torrent for the DVD version here: http://thepiratebay.org/torren t/4797482
And the Blu-Ray version here: http://thepiratebay.org/torren t/4797489

Here's the article I'm responding to:
http://creationontheweb.com/co ntent/view/6155/

You can learn more about Lee Graham's Virtual Creature Evolution program here:
http://www.stellaralchemy.com/ lee/virtual_creatures.html

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This presentation was given on April 1st of 2008 to members of the Purdue Skeptics' Society. The presenter is Lee Graham, a graduate student in the School of Computer Science at Carleton University in Ottawa Canada.
(http://www.stellaralchemy.com /lee)

The presentation is entitled "Darwin's Algorithm: Building Creatures in Simulation". It begins with a brief introduction to some of the main principles underlying the sub-field of artificial intelligence called evolutionary computing (EC). EC problem-solving techniques work in a manner similar to biological evolution, with populations of digital 'organisms', each representing a problem solution, reproducing, mutating, and competing for survival.

As an interesting example showing what EC techniques can do, Lee describes his project which involves the evolution of virtual creature bodies and brains in a simulated physical environment. The software, called 3D Virtual Creature Evolution (3DVCE) is available on Lee's website, linked above.

[Minor Correction: Lee wishes to point out that his comment in the presentation about the lack of use of mutation in genetic programming is, in fact, in error. Mutation is fairly commonly used in genetic programming and involves swapping part of a tree structure with a randomly-generated replacement.]

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This presentation was given on April 1st of 2008 to members of the Purdue Skeptics' Society. The presenter is Lee Graham, a graduate student in the School of Computer Science at Carleton University in Ottawa Canada.
(http://www.stellaralchemy.com /lee)

The presentation is entitled "Darwin's Algorithm: Building Creatures in Simulation". It begins with a brief introduction to some of the main principles underlying the sub-field of artificial intelligence called evolutionary computing (EC). EC problem-solving techniques work in a manner similar to biological evolution, with populations of digital 'organisms', each representing a problem solution, reproducing, mutating, and competing for survival.

As an interesting example showing what EC techniques can do, Lee describes his project which involves the evolution of virtual creature bodies and brains in a simulated physical environment. The software, called 3D Virtual Creature Evolution (3DVCE) is available on Lee's website, linked above.

[Minor Correction: Lee wishes to point out that his comment in the presentation about the lack of use of mutation in genetic programming is, in fact, in error. Mutation is fairly commonly used in genetic programming and involves swapping part of a tree structure with a randomly-generated replacement.]

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This presentation was given on April 1st of 2008 to members of the Purdue Skeptics' Society. The presenter is Lee Graham, a graduate student in the School of Computer Science at Carleton University in Ottawa Canada.
(http://www.stellaralchemy.com /lee)

The presentation is entitled "Darwin's Algorithm: Building Creatures in Simulation". It begins with a brief introduction to some of the main principles underlying the sub-field of artificial intelligence called evolutionary computing (EC). EC problem-solving techniques work in a manner similar to biological evolution, with populations of digital 'organisms', each representing a problem solution, reproducing, mutating, and competing for survival.

As an interesting example showing what EC techniques can do, Lee describes his project which involves the evolution of virtual creature bodies and brains in a simulated physical environment. The software, called 3D Virtual Creature Evolution (3DVCE) is available on Lee's website, linked above.

[Minor Correction: Lee wishes to point out that his comment in the presentation about the lack of use of mutation in genetic programming is, in fact, in error. Mutation is fairly commonly used in genetic programming and involves swapping part of a tree structure with a randomly-generated replacement.]

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This video shows the basics of moving around in the world.
Forward: right mouse button
Backward: space bar
Left: Z
Right: X
Up: left SHIFT
Down: C
Return to origin: K
Speed: under Settings/Movement
Look around: move the mouse

The project web page is:
http://www.stellaralchemy.com/ lee/virtual_creatures.html

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This video shows how to spawn various objects in the world.
Keys 1 through 5: blocks and spheres
Key T: toggle between two spawn methods
Key R: clear the scene
Key E: grenade
Key F7: sticky block
... etc (more listed in menu)

The project web page is:
http://www.stellaralchemy.com/ lee/virtual_creatures.html

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This videos shows various rendering settings that the user can control.
Fog, Light, Sky-box, Shadows, Day/Night, Polygon modes... etc.
These are in the menu under Settings/Rendering

The project web page is:
http://www.stellaralchemy.com/ lee/virtual_creatures.html

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