Title : 
Implementation of a Wolfram Machine
         
        
            Author : 
Belluomo, Paola ; Fortuna, Luigi ; Frasca, Mattia ; Fiore, Angelo Sarra
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Fac. di Ing., Univ. degli Studi di Catania, Catania, Italy
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
In this paper we propose a new stand-alone hardware system that allows to emulate and analyze all the Wolfram\´s rules proposed in the book "A new kind of science". The system that we use to implement all the cellular automata analyzed by Wolfram consists of a led matrix and a board equipped with a micro-controller. This simple low cost system, opportunely programmed, allows everyone to emulate the 256 local rules without a pc and to analyze them, i.e. looking for instance for analogies between the rules.
         
        
            Keywords : 
cellular automata; mathematics computing; Wolfram machine; Wolfram rules; cellular automata; led matrix; microcontroller; Automata; Books; Computer simulation; Continuous time systems; Costs; Hardware; Mathematical model; Microcomputers; Microcontrollers; Organizing; Wolfram automata; Wolfram machine; cellular automata; led matrix;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Complexity in Engineering, 2010. COMPENG '10.
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Rome
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4244-5982-7
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/COMPENG.2010.34