Roice's G+ Posts

Worth reading! Originally shared by David Eppstein A very strong defense of curiosity-driven basic research from mathematician and biologist Eric Lander. https://www.msri.org/system/cms/files/132/files/original/Lander-Case_for_Research.pdf

Opensourced! Been meaning to do this for a while and wish I had from the get go, but I've finally opensourced a bunch of code, including:     MagicTile:   www.gravitation3d.com/magictile     MagicCube5D:   www.gravitation3d.com/mc5d     Magic120Cell:   www.gravitation3d.com/magic120cell     Gravitation3D:   www.gravitation3d.com It is all on GitHub here:   https://github.com/roice3 I've included one image from each of the programs below.  I hope some folks might find the code useful, and maybe even adapt it for new creative things...

Exciting NYT article about the first possible direct imaging of the black hole at the center of our galaxy. Originally shared by Jennifer Ouellette Black Hole Hunters and their Event Horizon Telescope: Aiming to make the first portrait of the hungry monster at the center of our galaxy, astronomers built ‘a telescope as big as the world' -- a network of antennas that reaches from Spain to Hawaii to Chile. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/09/science/black-hole-event-horizon-telescope.html http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/09/science/black-hole-event-horizon-telescope.html