Counter In this first experiment, the BioWall is a bio-inspired timer. The visitor is invited to "kill" one or more molecules on the surface by simply pressing down with his finger. The BioWall, just like any living being, reacts in order to survive, replacing the dead molecules with healthy neighbors.

Life The second experiment, named after the famous "Game of Life" invented by John Conway, involves a colony of molecules. Each molecule's existence depends on the number of living neighbours it has. The visitor can give life to the molecules and observe the evolution of the colony.

Loops In this experiment, the visitor turns creator, causing the development of elementary artificial organisms capable of self-replicating. By simply pressing any "mother loop" molecule, the visitor triggers the self-replication process and creates a "daughter loop".

Turing Neural Networks It was in 1948 that Alan Turing wrote "Intelligent Machinery", a fascinating investigation of different connectionist models that would today be called neural networks. In this experiment, the visitor can create and activate neuron-like elements on the BioWall.

Firefly In this experiment, the BioWall is an autonomous evolving hardware system capable of solving the so-called synchronization task in two dimensions. The visitor is invited to try and disrupt the synchronization process.

Firing Squad In this experiment, the BioWall solves the synchronization problem of any column of cells defined by the visitor. The solution implemented on the BioWall achieves synchronization in minimal time.

DNA Sequence Comparison String comparison is a critical issue in many application domains, including speech recognition, contents search, and bioinformatics. In this experience we present a parallel implementation of string comparison on the BioWall.

Camera This experiment allows to display a video stream from a standard web-cam on the BioWall. Colors are mapped into eight color-levels (between green and red) to be compatible with the BioWall's LEDs.

Music Box In this application, the BioWall becomes a music box, playing a minuet by J.S. Bach. The visitor can interact with the machine by adding and removing the notes played with a simple pressure on a membrane.

Ants In this classic bio-inspired experiment, the BioWall becomes an entire ecosystem, where a colony of artificial ants lives and evolves. The visitor can create and destroy ants, and observe their behavior within the colony.

Von Neumann's Constructor In the 1950's, John von Neumann developed a model, known as the Universal Constructor, a cellular automaton that became the basis for the greater part of the research on self-replicating machines for decades following its conception.

Life Loops This experiment is a combination of two other BioWall applications: Life and Loops. In a game of life environment, the visitor can induce birth of cells which allow the emergence of self-replicating loops.

Wolfram's Rule 110 In this experiment, the BioWall develops patterns produced by evolution according to Wolfram's Rule 110. The visitor can modify any cell state of the first column and thus evolve the configuration of the patterns.