Enzymind Labs

Engineering and constructing meso-scale redundant materials

How is it posssible to rationally design and make materials that have highly organized micro-structure?

Periodic and pseudo random structure occurs in many naturally formed materials, but not necessarily at the desired scale, or with a specific repeated unit or material. Non-periodic but deterministic structure is less common in non-living physical systems, but is the rule for living systems.

2x2 4-rotation cyclic L-systems

Interesting video on a parasitic wasp life cycle which utilizes a spider.  And another parasitic wasp that utilizes a caterpillar.

A few examples and viewpoints on emergence of patterns

I've been working at learning to play on the guitar the 'Mount Everest' of Bach's compositions for solo instrument: the Chaconne. This radio broadcast mp3 of the fiddle version is worth a listen in that they discuss some of its meaning and implications. Some powerful metaphors are used to describe it such as the seasons representation of a man's life.

And for some inspiration:

Hinkel The Great Dictator - Final Speech of the Barber

He gets my vote, but lacks some of the ...primal energy... of which it parodies.

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An impressive video of zoom out to the edge of the universe and then into the atomic nuclei. I have seen this before but it is a particularly well done sequence.