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Get a behind-the-scenes look at the mathematics underlying movie special effects at this free public event, July 11 at 6:15 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency Minneapolis What do Avatar, The Chronicles of Narnia, X-Men, Harry Potter, and Pirates of the Caribbean have in common? Simulated physics. That's right. Making visual effects real for movie audiences—be it Avatar's vast ocean surface or rising water levels in The Deathly Hallows—requires quite a bit of physics and math. Physical equations and supercomputations are generated behind the scenes to ensure that the elements you see on the big screen obey the same laws of physics as their real counterparts. One mathematician who helps ensure the credibility of such visual effects is Dr. Robert Bridson…
Middle and high school teachers from across the Front Range will learn how to teach key math concepts to their students while introducing them to video game programming during an April 21 workshop at the University of Colorado Boulder. Emmanuel Schanzer of Harvard University will lead the workshop sponsored by CU-Boulder’s Department of Computer Science. Schanzer is the creator of Bootstrap, a computer programming tool that uses algebra to create images and animations. Schanzer has taught students and trained teachers across the country, and many middle and high school teachers have implemented the Bootstrap curriculum as a one-month module, a weekly activity or an after-school program. The all-day workshop is being offered free to Colorado teachers with support from the…
As MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference kicks off, scholars and fans have produced a growing avalanche of quantitative research. Imagine if your hobby became your profession — or, indeed, if it started a whole new profession.This year, the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference features someone who can make that claim: Bill James, the baseball analyst whose pioneering work opened up the entire field. On Friday and Saturday, James will speak for the first time at the MIT conference, the biggest event of its kind.A high school English teacher and factory watchman from Kansas, in 1977 James began self-publishing an annual baseball book analyzing how well the sport’s conventional wisdom held up to hard statistical evidence. By 1982, “The Bill James…
Antec announces the High Current Gamer M series, a mid-range wattage class of hybrid modular power supplies. The High Current Gamer M series is an extension of the HCG PSU line issued in late 2010 but features hybrid modularity, allowing for cleaner systems by reducing cable clutter behind the motherboard. Antec's new desktop PSU series provides quiet, efficient power in 400W, 520W, and 620W models, accommodating casual gamers, home office and corporate consumers. The High Current Gamer M Series is the perfect combination of power and cabling that supply extreme levels of power and superb efficiency. Maximum Efficiency - As one of industry's mainstream 80 PLUS(R) Bronze certified PSU, the High Current Gamer M series offers an ideal combination of…
Antec announced the High Current Gamer M series, a mid-range wattage class of hybrid modular power supplies. The High Current Gamer M series is an extension of the HCG PSU line issued in late 2010 but features hybrid modularity, allowing for cleaner systems by reducing cable clutter behind the motherboard. Antec's new desktop PSU series provides quiet, efficient power in 400W, 520W, and 620W models, accommodating casual gamers, home office and corporate consumers. The High Current Gamer M Series is the perfect combination of power and cabling that supply extreme levels of power and superb efficiency. Maximum Efficiency - As one of industry's mainstream 80 PLUS Bronze certified PSU, the High Current Gamer M series offers an ideal combination of…

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