Various Consequences

Cost for 3D Octet Truss Arrays i j k time (s) stl (bytes) WSF ($) 1 1 1 1 1.47 73384 2 2 2 2 28.74 435384 2.61 ...

An example data visualization in R inspired by Tufte's example on pp118-121 of Beautiful Evidence ; source below the fold.

Check out the preliminary results on AIAA's ARC site: HIFiRE-5 Flight Test Preliminary Results

In this previous post I mentioned that I learn a lot from the Maxima mailing list. There was a recent question (somewhat frequently asked...

As reported by NBC there is a petition on WhiteHouse.gov to rapidly develop and deploy a nuclear thermal rocket for both manned & un-m...

I follow both the Octave and Maxima user mailing lists (I learn more from the Maxima list, but the Octave one still throws up a gem every ...

NAP has a new report out on a national strategy for advancing climate modeling . I've just done a quick skim so far. Some tidbi...

Random Octet Truss Array ( on shapeways ) This post demonstrate a work-flow for topology optimization using open source tools (with mixe...

From Travis Oliphant by way of the Planet Scipy feed: Hello all, There is a lot happening in my life right now and I am spread quite thin...