LifeWiki:List of ongoing projects

The following page lists ongoing projects in Life technology. You are encouraged to assist in these projects if you have anything to contribute.

Spaceship construction

Climber/crawler-based

Caterpillar's Little Brother

• Is it possible to construct a significantly smaller 17c/45 orthogonal spaceship based on the 17c/45 reaction?
• Forum thread: https://www.conwaylife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1258

(13,1)c/31 spaceship

• Is it possible to construct an oblique spaceship based on the (13,1)c/31 Pseudo-B climber?
• Forum thread: https://www.conwaylife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1182

(27,1)c/72 spaceship

• Is it possible to construct an oblique spaceship based on the (27,1)c/72 Herschel climber?
• Forum thread: https://www.conwaylife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2130

(34,7)c/156 spaceship

• Is it possible to construct an oblique spaceship based on the (34,7)c/156 Herschel climber?
• Forum thread: https://www.conwaylife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2286

Half-baked caterpillar

• Can a spaceship which uses the half-bakery reaction in a comparatively more climber-esque fashion be constructed?
• Forum thread: https://www.conwaylife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1559

Other spaceships

1D spaceship

• Is it possible to create a spaceship which is one cell thick in at least one phase?
• Forum thread: https://www.conwaylife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2040

Oscillators

Omniperiodicity

• Do oscillators exist which oscillate with period 19, 34 or 41, and also have at least one cell which itself oscillates at period 19, 34 or 41?
• Forum thread: https://www.conwaylife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5535

Open problems

Main article: Problem