Brain

Brain
b3o9b3ob$obob2o5b2obobo$obobo7bobobo$bob2ob2ob2ob2obob$5bobobobo5b$3bo bobobobobo3b$2b2obobobobob2o2b$2b3o2bobo2b3o2b$2b2o2bo3bo2b2o2b$bo4b2o b2o4bob$bo13bo! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ AUTOSTART ]] #C [[ TRACKLOOP 3 0 -1/3 THUMBSIZE 3 GPS 3 HEIGHT 480 WIDTH 480 ]]
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Pattern type	Spaceship
Number of cells	70
Bounding box	17×11
Direction	Orthogonal
Period	3
Mod	3
Speed	c/3
Speed (unsimplified)	c/3
Heat	45.3
Discovered by	David Bell
Year of discovery	1992
Rules Outer-totalistic rules B3/S23 – B378/S2378 Important rules Conway Life # of rules 24 = 16 Isotropic rules B3/S2-n3-c – B2n34eq5acein6-ik78/S234ceirwy5-cikn6-ac78
Pattern files Plaintext brain.cells RLE brain.rle
Identifiers apgcode xq3_07gg2u3t0t3u2gg7zcinjq9630369qjniczw1y71 Pentadecathlon ID 70P3H1V0.1

For the cellular automaton sometimes called Brain, see OCA:Brian's Brain.

Brain is a c/3 orthogonal spaceship found by David Bell in May 1992. It provides a weak spark at its back which can sometimes be used to perturb objects, such as a glider.

x = 22, y = 14, rule = B3/S23 b3o9b3o$obob2o5b2obobo$obobo7bobobo$bob2ob2ob2ob2obo$5bobobobo$3bobobo bobobo$2b2obobobobob2o$2b3o2bobo2b3o$2b2o2bo3bo2b2o$bo4b2ob2o4bo$bo13b o$19b2o$19bobo$19bo! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 ]]

Brain perturbs a glider to produce a honey farm (click above to open LifeViewer) RLE: here Plaintext: here

See also

• 25P3H1V0.1
• Dart
• Turtle
• Wasp

External links

• Brain at the Life Lexicon

• Brain at Adam P. Goucher's Catagolue

• 70P3H1V0.1 at Heinrich Koenig's Game of Life Object Catalogs