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Watching cells grow over time is a lot of fun

By Omar Kardoudi Published July 7, 2014, 6:24 am ET

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Andy Lomas made this music video for a song called Seething by Max Cooper. Lomas created software that emulates biological cell growth. Just by adjusting certain parameters, such as the forces between cells or the source and quantity of nutrients,he obtains different forms.

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