Kinematics
Kinematics is a system for 4D printing that creates complex, foldable forms composed of articulated modules. The system provides a way to turn…
Author: Jesse Louis-Rosenberg
The Making of Kinematics
Most of our projects start with a natural inspiration, but Kinematics emerged from a very different perspective. This project started with a technical…
Calculating the volume of a mesh
In order to generate the price of a custom design on the fly, we need to calculate the volume of the piece for…
Data structures: Pairing Heap
Recently, I came across a neat data structure called a pairing heap. Now, if you’re not familiar with the term heap it can sound…
OBJExport library – export color meshes from Processing
We’ve just released a new Processing 2.0 library for exporting OBJ and X3D mesh files. And it supports color meshes! Now you can…
Surface meshing pt 2 – Surface remeshing
The next iteration of the surface meshing algorithm from the previous post is surface remeshing. Surface meshing is the process of taking an…
Surface meshing in the browser
reset A common problem we come across is needing to make meshes of complex surfaces. This can be done with many different approaches,…
Puzzle pattern repair and optimization
This week I revamped the automatic post-processing of puzzle files. Previously, there was a lot of manual work that had to be done…
Nervous System weekly roundup 12/31/12-01/6/13
We’re starting a new tradition at Nervous System of sharing the work we do each week. Although the timing may be suspect, this…
Loading 3D models in WebGL
For a new app we’re working on, we finally came upon the task of loading external 3D geometry. I wanted to store and…