3D

A 3D Mandelbrot

25/06/2010
By ErkDemon
A 3D Mandelbrot

Skytopia have a great set of pages on the search for a 3D version of the Mandelbrot Set. Or at least, for an interesting 3D version of the normal Mandelbrot.

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3D Audio, and Binaural Recording

28/03/2010
By ErkDemon
3D Audio, and Binaural Recording

Binaural recording: NIH 'Virtual Human' head cross-section, Neuman KU100 'dummy head' binaural microphone (inverted image), Sound Professionals in-ear microphone (left ear)

One of the dafter things they teach in physics classes is that because humans only have two ears, we can only hear location...
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Virtual Lego

19/03/2010
By ErkDemon
Virtual Lego


Someone's finally come up with the "killer application" for VR and computer-augmented reality.

It's buying Lego.

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The Tetrahedral Triple-Helix

20/12/2009
By ErkDemon
The Tetrahedral Triple-Helix

Tetrahedral triple-helix, Eric Baird 2009Mathematicians playing with geometrical solids tend to concentrate on the finite ones. Those provide a nice satisfying sense of closure, and they're cheaper to build with straws and pipecleaners than the infinite ones.

This is...
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