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Description: Cambridge North is the new train station in Cambridge which features a mathematical design. The architects said the design was "derived from John Conway's Game of Life". Except it's not the Game of Life. It is Stephen Wolfram's Rule 135. Find out more about Rule 135 (or Rule 30, which is the same thing with the colours swapped) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_30 Here's is Stephen Wolfram's reaction on his blog blog.stephenwolfram.com/2017/06/oh-my-gosh-its-covered-in-rule-30s Thanks to SRD who spotted this on twitter twitter.com/Quendus/status/866707269299339264 Here is the architect's website about Cambridge North atkinsglobal.com/en-gb/projects/cambridge-north-station The architects respond in the comments under this article aperiodical.com/2017/05/right-answer-for-the-wrong-reason-cellular-automaton-on-the-new-cambridge-north-station "Let me assure you it is the correct answer. We turned the pattern through 45 degrees, distorted the pixels to a slightly elongated diamond and played about with the panel dimensions to ensure the maximum gathering of openings around eye level for the passengers using the station. What we liked most about rule 30 was it was as close as we could find to a “random” non repeating pattern. Quintin Doyle, Senior Architectural Designer, Atkins." The irony is, Stephen Wolfram went to Oxford. ------------------------ Corrections: I misspoke three times. Silly mistakes, but more than usual, and quite close together. I miss YouTube annotations, that would have sorted it out. "John Conway was" - That was definitely a slip of the tongue. My mind was picturing 1970 so was speaking in past tense. "Take that Oxford" - I thought that was quite funny. Apparently Oxford has two stations too. So that spoilt the joke. "Stephen Wolfram is American" - He was British, and is now an American citizen. People didn't like me calling him American. And a personal request from me. When you comment you are talking directly to me. Please be respectful. I make videos in my spare time and for fun. I'm just a guy.