Electric Sheep!

# **About** Electric Sheep is a collaborative abstract artwork founded by Scott Draves http://scottdraves.com/.
It's run by thousands of people all over the world, and can be installed http://community.electricsheep.org/download
on any ordinary PC, Mac, Android, or iPad. When these computers sleep, the Electric Sheep comes on and the computers communicate with each other by the internet to share the work of creating morphing abstract animations known as sheep. Anyone watching one of these computers may vote for their favorite animations using the keyboard. The more popular sheep live longer and reproduce according to a genetic algorithm with mutation and cross-over. Hence the flock evolves to please its global audience. The Electric Sheep are a free and open source service. The

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