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How to use the Google Suggest API to come up with topics for Answers

By odewahn1 : 24 May 2010 - 12:01 PM
Google has a nice little RESTful API that powers the auto-suggest function: http://blogoscoped.c...-08-17-n22.html The API returns the top 10 suggestions for the given query, plus the number of time...
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Multiply matrices in Processing

By odewahn1 : 24 May 2010 - 08:18 AM
A matrix is a 2 dimensional array of numbers called elements. Matrices are used in many different applications, representing sets of equations, transformations to 3D objects, or color filters, to nam...
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Create 3D photographs with Processing

By odewahn1 : 10 May 2010 - 12:00 PM
Stereoscopy is a technique for creating the illusion of depth in a 2D image. While the specifics vary, the general principle is that two images are taken of the same scene, but at slight offsets of ...
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Visualize feedback loops in Processing

By odewahn1 : 07 May 2010 - 12:22 PM
Feedback loops are closely associated with recursion, and are basically systems where the output signal from the system is fed back in as the input. This leads to all sorts of surprising and unpredict...
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Transport yourself to the Phantom Zone with Processing

By odewahn1 : 28 April 2010 - 08:33 AM
In the 1980s movie Superman II, the evil General Zod and his companions are trapped in the Phantom Zone, a prison that looked like a pane of glass. Once the villains are sucked inside, they're doo...
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Create a monster fractal snowflake using Processing

By odewahn1 : 21 April 2010 - 07:49 AM
The Snowflake curve (or the Koch snowflake, if you want to be more formal) was one of the first fractals described formally. Discovered in 1904 by Helge von Koch way before Benoit Mandelbrot coined th...
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How to do Augmented Reality in Processing

By odewahn1 : 12 April 2010 - 01:33 PM
"Augmented Reality" (AR) describes a class of cloud-backed, sensor-based user interfaces. Google Goggles, for example, uses your phone's camera and location sensors to call the google se...
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Create a fractal mountain scape with Processing

By odewahn1 : 07 April 2010 - 08:01 AM
This Answer shows you how to create a fractal mountain scape with Processing. Why, you ask? Well, who doesn't enjoy a good fractal mountain scape now and then? In addition, it's a good way to ...
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Create fractal plants with Processing

By odewahn1 : 31 March 2010 - 10:07 AM
"Fractal" is the broad name for a whole class of recursively defined mathematical objects that range from psychedelic Mandelbrot Sets to ornate Koch Snowflakes. Despite their geometric compl...
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Create recursive art with Processing

By odewahn1 : 27 March 2010 - 11:58 AM
Recursion is an important programming technique that lends itself to a variety of areas, not least of which is creating interesting visual images. In brief, recursion is a technique for breaking a com...
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