Wickstretcher 1
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| Wickstretcher 1 | |||||||||
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| Pattern type | Wickstretcher | ||||||||
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| Number of cells | 176 | ||||||||
| Bounding box | 49 × 16 | ||||||||
| Direction | Orthogonal | ||||||||
| Period | 5 | ||||||||
| Speed | c/4 | ||||||||
| Discovered by | Hartmut Holzwart Dean Hickerson | ||||||||
| Year of discovery | 1992 | ||||||||
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Wickstretcher 1 is the first explicitly constructed wickstretcher. Its front end was constructed by Hartmut Holzwart and its back end was constructed by Dean Hickerson. It was found in October 1992. On November 25, 2003 Paul Tooke found a slightly smaller antstretcher.[1]
It works by having its front end stretch ants at a speed of c/4, while its back end stabilizes the ants. Its back end can also be seen stabilizing ants in electric fence.
| A slightly smaller wickstretcher found by Paul Tooke (click above to open LifeViewer) RLE: here Plaintext: here |
References
External links
- Wickstretcher 1 at the Life Lexicon