Vessel by Owen Schuh
Imagine all the things this illustration could represent.
Recursive Network by Owen Schuh
Owen comments on his process:
‘Although the spectre of determinism and reductionism lurks behind every corner I find the process of utilizing mathematical rigor to actually be a liberating one. Though I must submit to the dictates of an algorithm I gain access to new formal and structural possibilities. In most cases, though each step is rigidly determined the end result cannot be predicted ahead of time nor can it be worked backwards to deduce a unique original state.’
Owen Schuh – Calculation and Iteration Drawings | Dataisnature
Owen uses well known rule-based systems such as Cellular Automata, circle packing algorithms, L-Systems and Fractal geometry to create his works. Step-by-step computations simulate activation and inhibition processes so that each temporal slice has the possibility to generate new branching and subset behaviours. This process is made visible in works such as Turbulence and Disturbance, where linear patterns insinuate the chaotic and stochastic behaviour of fluid flow and velocity fluctuations.
Owen Schuh – Calculation and Iteration Drawings | Dataisnature
Owen Schuh uses mathematical procedures, sometimes with the aid of a calculator as well as bespoke drawing machines, to generate emergent drawings which evoke computational and natural system visualisations. One of the key aspects of Owen’s work is the use of simple formulae, iteratively, to direct the growth of complex structures – local calculations give rise to autonomous and unexpected global configurations.
Owen Schuh – Calculation and Iteration Drawings | Dataisnature
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from Disneyland’s “Our Friend the Atom” (1957)
I’ve never seen the figure on the upper-right before, but what a neat way of organizing the elements! Does the figure have a special name?
street math by Aakash Nihalani
TED-Ed + Dennis Wildfogel + Augenblick Studios: How Big is Infinity?
love it
// jtotheizzoe: How Big Is Infinity?
A mind-bending look at how infinity compares to other infinities, through the teachings of Georg Cantor, David Hilbet, Kurt Gödel, and Paul J. Cohen.
For a fine accompaniment, don’t miss MinutePhysics’ look at “How To Count To Infinity”.
I think linear relationships are neat.
A rank-ordering of the 237 countries listed here. Rescaling the 2011 population allows most countries to be fit by a stretched exponential distribution (estimated by eye here), which shows as a straight line on the semi-log plot shown here. Note that China and India do not fit on this line due to the King effect.
In mathematical statistics, economics, and econophysics, the King effect refers to the phenomenon where the top one or two members of a ranked set show up as outliers. These top one or two members are unexpectedly large because they do not conform to a statistical distribution or rank-distribution which the remainder of the set obeys well.
App turns tablet into math aid for visually impaired students
Without looking down, Kira runs her index finger across the screen of an Android tablet that she is holding in her lap. For the occasion, she has painted her fingernails bright pink. When her finger touches a line drawn on the screen, the tablet vibrates quietly. Scanning her finger back and forth and feeling the vibration come and go allows her to trace the line’s path.
When her finger reaches a pink dot, the tablet gives off an electronic tone and she grins delightedly.
Kira is one of two visually impaired high school students who are testing a new Android app, one designed to assist students like her in mastering algebra, geometry, graphing and other subjects that are particularly hard to comprehend without the aid of normal vision.
The app is the brainstorm of Jenna Gorlewicz, a graduate student in the Medical and Electromechanical Design Laboratory (MED Lab) at Vanderbilt University, and her adviser Robert Webster, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering, who directs the lab. Given the enthusiastic reaction of Kira, her classmate Quinn and their teacher, her innovation could have a major impact on how science, technology, engineering and math – the critical STEM subjects – are taught to the visually impaired. (» more)
