Reburnable fuse

A reburnable fuse is a very rare type of fuse whose output is identical to its input, possibly with some spatial and/or temporal offset. Reburnable fuses are used primarily in the construction of fixed-speed self-supporting macro-spaceships, where the speed of the fuse's burning reaction becomes the speed of the spaceship. Examples include caterpillar, centipede, and waterbear.

x = 507, y = 23, rule = B3/S23:T508,40 $19bo$17bo3bo125bo127bo126bo$7b2ob2o4bo4bo111bo4bo4bo4b2o119b2o3bobo56b o59b5o4bo$b2o3b6o3bo6bo55b2o8bo4b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3bo5bo 2b2o4b2o48bo6b3o7b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o2b2o4b4o2bo50b2ob 2o4bo10b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3b2ob3o4bo2bo2bo49bo4bo15b2o3b2o 3b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o$o2bobo6bo2bo6bo4b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3b 2o3b2ob3o4bo2b2o6b2o2bo2bobo2bobo2bobo2bobo2bobo2bobo2bobo2bobo6bob3o 5b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3b6o4b6o5b2o2bo2bobo2bobo2bobo2bo bo2bobo2bobo2bobo2bob2o4b2obo2bo5bo3b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3b 6o3bo5b2o3bo2bobo2bobo2bobo2bobo2bobo2bobo2bobo2bobo2bo3bo2bo5b2o5bo3b 2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3bo5bo2b2o4b2o3bo2bobo2bobo2bobo2bobo2b obo2bobo2bobo2bo$b2o3b6o3bo5b2o3bo2bobo2bobo2bobo2bobo2bobo2bobo2bobo 2bobo2bo3bo2bo5b2o5bo3b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3bo5bo2b2o4b2o3b o2bobo2bobo2bobo2bobo2bobo2bobo2bobo2bobo6bo2b2o2bob2o4b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o 3b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o2b2o4b4obo4b3o2bo2bobo2bobo2bobo2bobo2bobo2bobo2b obo2bobo6bo2bo6bo4b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3b2ob3o4bo2b2o6b2o2b o2bobo2bobo2bobo2bobo2bobo2bobo2bobo2bobo6bob3o5b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3b 2o3b2o3b2o3b2o$7b2ob2o4bo10b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3b2ob3o4bo2b o2bo49bo4bo15b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3b6o4b2obo2bo70b2o3b2o3b2o 3b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3b6o3bo6bo55b2o8bo4b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o 3bo5bo2b2o4b2o$18bo59b5o4bo110bo6b5o112b2ob2o4bo4bo111bo4bo4bo4b2o$87b o118b3o123bo3bo125bo$334bo! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 HEIGHT 240 WIDTH 480 ZOOM 8 GPS 20 AUTOSTART ]]

A reburnable fuse with temporal offset used in the telegraph (click above to open LifeViewer) RLE: here Plaintext: here

Many reburnable fuses are known to travel on barges.

x = 50, y = 50, rule = B3/S23:T50,50 bo47bo$obo$bobo$2bobo$3bobo$5bo$7bo$3bo3bo$7b2o$4b3o3bo$8b3o$9b2o$12b o$12bobo2$13bobo$14bobo$15bobo2bo$16bo5bo$17b2o3bo$22bo$19b3o$21bobo$ 23b2o$22b3o2$25b2o$28bo$26bo2bo$28bobo$29bobo$30bobo$31bobo$32bobo$33b obo$34bobo$35bobo$36bobo$37bobo$38bobo$39bobo$40bobo$41bobo$42bobo$43b obo$44bobo$45bobo$46bobo$47bobo$o47bo! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ THUMBNAIL HEIGHT 400 THUMBSIZE 2 AUTOSTART GPS 20 ZOOM 13 ]]

c/2 reburnable fuse based on c/2 wire (click above to open LifeViewer)

x = 60, y = 60, rule = B3/S23:T60,60 o57bo$57bobo$56bobo$55bobo$54bobo$53bobo$52bobo$51bobo$50bobo$49bobo$ 48bobo$47bobo$2o6b2o36bobo$bob2o4b2o34bobo$3b2o2bobo34bobo$3b2o2bobo33b obo$7bo4b3o27bobo$14bo26bobo$7b5o28bobo$7b4o3bo24bobo$8b4obo24bobo$12b o24bobo$36bobo$10b3o22bobo$12bo21bobo$12b2o4b2o13bobo$12bo4bob2o2bo8b obo$15b2o3bo2b2o6bobo$14bobo3bobobo5bobo$16b2ob2o8bobo$16bo11bobo$13b obo3bo2bo4bobo$18bo3bo3bobo$18bo4bo2b2o$21b4o$18bobo2b2o$23b2o$22bo$20b obo$19bobo$18bobo$17bobo$16bobo$15bobo$14bobo$13bobo$12bobo$11bobo$10b obo$9bobo$8bobo$7bobo$6bobo$5bobo$4bobo$3bobo$2bobo$bobo$obo$bo57bo! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ THUMBNAIL HEIGHT 400 THUMBSIZE 2 AUTOSTART GPS 20 ZOOM 10 ]]

c/4 reburnable fuse (click above to open LifeViewer)

In other rules

In Grounded Life, there is a simple reburnable fuse based on blocks and a beehive, which evolves into a line-of-six spark. It is the basis of most technology in that rule, and there is a rich and growing toolkit to control it.

x = 58, y = 4, rule = B35/S23:T59,10 19bo2b2o$2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2obo4b2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2o$2ob 2ob2ob2ob2ob2obo4b2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2o$19bo2b2o! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ AUTOSTART ZOOM 20 WIDTH 1000 GPS 6 ]]

The beehive/block fuse (click above to open LifeViewer)

External links

• Reburnable fuse at the Life Lexicon