On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 1:12 PM, Joshua Minor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have played with PyODE, but not on the XO. http:// > pyode.sourceforge.net/ > > I suspect that the XO would not be able to handle a realistic 3D > simulation with a large number of objects. This is partially due to > the lack of GL for rendering. > > Simpler things, like wireframe rendering, 2D simulation or small > numbers of objects are certainly possible.
Even point particles under gravity is good. I did some on the Apple ][ using TutSIM in the 80s--elliptical comet orbits, chaotic 3-body orbits. My father worked on the famous bouncing ball program on the old MIT Whirlwind in vacuum tube days. > Someone could port something like these: > http://arkitus.com/Play/?id=22 > http://arkitus.com/Play/?id=18 > > Soda or Moovl would make a *great* XO activity: > http://sodaplay.com/ > http://www.moovl.co.uk/ Hot stuff, but proprietary. > -josh Anyway, what I wanted to know was whether anybody would be interested in porting this, or in joining their community and talking up the XO project. > On Feb 14, 2008, at 12:33 PM, Edward Cherlin wrote: > > > Has anybody looked at this for the XO? > > > > http://opensimulator.org/wiki/PhysicsEngines > > > > The physics is not very realistic yet. Presumably we could manage > > simple statics and dynamics, with graphs of position, velocity, and > > acceleration. > > > > I would like to have a simulation engine available for integration > > into e-textbooks. What other candidates are there? > > > > -- > > Edward Cherlin > > End Poverty at a Profit by teaching children business > > http://www.EarthTreasury.org/ > > "The best way to predict the future is to invent it."--Alan Kay > > _______________________________________________ > > Devel mailing list > > Devel@lists.laptop.org > > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel > > -- Edward Cherlin End Poverty at a Profit by teaching children business http://www.EarthTreasury.org/ "The best way to predict the future is to invent it."--Alan Kay _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
