Some new techniques related to the previous McHenry forum thread What is the difference between animation and simulation?
Time to brush up on discrete differential geometry:
- The article covers work being performed at Columbia University by Eitan Grinspun, the director of Columbia University’s Computer Graphics Group. The article covers applications of the technique to model hair and clothing moving with "precise mathematical equations based on the way the world actually looks and operates".
Fast forward soon to a courtroom near you and variations on the technique may be used to model the interaction of vehicles crushing and a host of other collisions related the accident reconstruction. Time to brush up on your mathematics!