Evolution Animations

A mutating bug widget (application) was developed in Flash and PHP to demonstrate some aspects of Darwinian evolution in an appealing, graphical way, while allowing a class of individuals to collectively monitor—and mutate—the bug while visiting the website.

Faculty/Instructor(s): Professor Janet Browne
Fellow(s): Alex Wellerstein
School, Library, Museum: Arts and Sciences
Project Deliverable: An animated “evolving” object that demonstrates aspects of Darwinian evolution
Tools and/or Technologies: PHP, Flash, ActionScript
Course(s)/Discipline(s): Historical Studies B-45: The Darwinian Revolution
Year Created: 2007

Faculty/Instructor(s):

Professor Janet Browne

Fellow(s):

Alex Wellerstein

School, Library, Museum:

Arts and Sciences

Project Deliverable:

An animated “evolving” object that demonstrates aspects of Darwinian evolution

Tools and/or Technologies:

PHP, Flash, ActionScript

Course(s)/Discipline(s):

Historical Studies B-45: The Darwinian Revolution

Year Created:

2007