Category: Artificial Intelligence

Foldit is a protein folding computer game developed by university scientists that allows players to contribute to cutting-edge scientific research on human health, bioengineering, and biology. It is free to play and not-for-profit. Every week, Foldit scientists post new puzzles focused on the latest problems in protein folding, and discoveries made in the game are…

A few months ago, Code Golf posted a challenge to users to submit programs that created 256×128 pixel images that used each 15-bit color exactly once. Inspired by the now-accepted answer, I decided to implement my own extended version in Python. Here’s a 4096×4096 image that I created that uses every 24-bit color exactly once. If you want…

Imagine bringing Antonio Vivaldi back to life from his long lost Viennese grave to write a new violin concerto—just to perk you up while you work. Or maybe, having already listened to every Chopin, Bach, and Mahler piece there is, you would give anything to get your fix of just one more new sonata. Well,…