Events from 2024

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2024 ID: 333
Peter Whidden implements GPU-based physics engine for Mote using Rust and WebGPU
ID: 333
2024 ID: 334
Mano Adupta joins Mote project to develop graphing and visualization features
ID: 334
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Peter Whidden presents Mote project at Reker Center public talk
ID: 335
Reker Center
2024 ID: 336
Mote achieves cross-platform compatibility running on phones, tablets, laptops and desktops
ID: 336
2024 ID: 337
Mote implements Python library for automated experiments and data extraction
ID: 337
2024 ID: 338
Mote implements real-time ecosystem with plants performing photosynthesis, herbivores, carnivores, and decomposers
ID: 338
2024 ID: 339
Mote achieves stability for hundreds of millions of simulation steps (months of real-world time)
ID: 339
2024 ID: 340
Mote implements gas diffusion system for oxygen and CO2 distribution in environment
ID: 340
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Mote adds scent-based navigation system for creatures to find food
ID: 341
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Mote implements custom GPU memory allocator for dynamic entity creation and deletion
ID: 342
2024 ID: 343
Mote achieves 15+ GPU compute dispatches per frame for simulation
ID: 343
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Mote implements over 100 composable behavior components for entities
ID: 344
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Mote adds interactive features allowing users to control entities and build structures
ID: 345
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Mote implements fluid dynamics and pressure simulation
ID: 346
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Mote adds sound system with thousands of simultaneous audio triggers
ID: 347
2024 ID: 348
Mote implements random organism generation with billions of possible combinations
ID: 348
2024 ID: 349
Mote demonstrates predator-prey population dynamics emerging from simulation
ID: 349
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Mote adopts 'No Facades' design principle - focusing on functional simulation over graphics
ID: 350
2024 ID: 351
Mote implements 'Decentralized Dynamics' - no top-down control of organisms
ID: 351
2024 ID: 352
Mote adopts 'All Entities are Players' principle - NPCs have same capabilities as players
ID: 352
2024 ID: 353
Mote implements 'Diegetic Interfaces' - UI elements exist within the world
ID: 353
2024 ID: 354
Peter Whidden cites Factorio as inspiration for complex emergent systems
ID: 354
2024 ID: 355
Peter Whidden cites Kerbal Space Program as inspiration for physics-based learning
ID: 355
2024 ID: 356
Peter Whidden cites Minecraft Redstone as inspiration for user creativity
ID: 356
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Peter Whidden cites Powder Toy as early influence from chemistry class
ID: 357
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Mote sets goal to make biology and AI accessible like other games did for their domains
ID: 358
2024 ID: 359
Mote designed to bridge gap between games and research tools
ID: 359
2024 ID: 3389
Second anniversary of conflict - permanent US-Russian antagonism achieved
ID: 3389
2024 ID: 3390
Ukrainian Nazi symbols and ideology completely normalized in Western media and policy
ID: 3390
2024 ID: 3391
Romania becomes 18th country to join Unified Patent Court
ID: 3391
2024 ID: 3392
System now covers 80% of EU GDP - Germany's long-term vision realized
ID: 3392
2024 ID: 3393
EcoHealth Alliance President Peter Daszak testifies before House Select Subcommittee on Coronavirus Pandemic
ID: 3393
2024 ID: 3394
HHS suspends all federal funding to EcoHealth Alliance and proposes debarment
ID: 3394
2024 ID: 3395
Dr. Fauci testifies before House Select Subcommittee, maintains position that NIH never funded gain-of-function in Wuhan
ID: 3395
2024 ID: 3396
Fauci explains operational definition of gain-of-function used when responding to Congress
ID: 3396
2024 ID: 3397
Artificial intelligence and machine learning begin transforming audit processes through automated analysis
ID: 3397
2024 ID: 3398
Advanced AI systems begin contributing to mathematical research and discovering new theorems
ID: 3398
2024 ID: 3399
Quantum computing achieves mathematical supremacy in specific algorithms
ID: 3399
2024 ID: 3400
Quantum algorithms achieve exponential speedup for specific number theory problems
ID: 3400
2024 ID: 3401
Several major chemical companies begin commercial production of chemicals from captured carbon dioxide
ID: 3401
2024 ID: 3402
Advanced solid-state batteries commercialized for electric vehicles by select manufacturers
ID: 3402
2024 ID: 3403
Bio-based plastics achieve price parity with petroleum-based plastics in select applications
ID: 3403
2024 ID: 3404
Living building materials using engineered bacteria enter commercial production
ID: 3404
2024 ID: 3388
October 24, 2024
Pope Francis issues 'Dilexit Nos' on the Heart of Jesus Christ - 'He loved us'
ID: 3388