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Month: March 2016

Fear of Heights

Fear of Heights

It’s been very hard to find a lot about this VR experiment/game/installation in Japan, but it seems to bring home the true fear of heights many of us have.I love how shaky people got thinking they were high up even though they could likely have just walked across the board on the ground without a second thought.

I think this presents some *really* intriguing ideas of how scientists could test our cognitive/behavioral responses to fear and how we can treat them. It could revolutionize treatment for people with agoraphobia, fear of heights/spiders/etc.

‘Audibilization’ of sorting algorithms

‘Audibilization’ of sorting algorithms

Visualization and “audibilization” of 15 Sorting Algorithms in 6 Minutes.
Sorts random shuffles of integers, with both speed and the number of items adapted to each algorithm’s complexity.
The algorithms are: selection sort, insertion sort, quick sort, merge sort, heap sort, radix sort (LSD), radix sort (MSD), std::sort (intro sort), std::stable_sort (adaptive merge sort), shell sort, bubble sort, cocktail shaker sort, gnome sort, bitonic sort and bogo sort (30 seconds of it).

Google more information via the “Sound of Sorting”.

Obduction

Obduction

Obduction is Cyan’s new highly anticipated “spiritual successor” to Myst. Funded by Kickstarter, this teaser trailer finally pulls back the curtain for a sneak peek of what to expect. Obduction’s release is scheduled for June 2016

Wintergatan – the musical marvelous marble machine

Wintergatan – the musical marvelous marble machine

Created by Swedish musician Martin Molin, the Wintergatan is an amazing, complicated musical instrument. It uses over 2000 marbles to produce notes and rhythms that are guided by human input.

Amazing – a fantastic work of imagination and creativity.