Learn more about the MoMath Dynamic Wall: http://www.macrondynamics.com/videos/museum-mathematics-dynamic-wall.
File Location: Animation.pde and Binary.pde
The Dynamic Binary Wall for the National Museum of Mathematics Math Square(MoMath) exhibit creates the opportunity for collaborative and visualization tool to help promote the understanding of the base-2 numeral system as well a positive perception of mathematics. The Dynamic Wall can be seen immediately upon walking into the museum as it is a huge “sculpture-esque,”with 128 metal slats, the depth of which can be controlled individually. The 128 metal slats were split evenly into 32 positions notation, with every 4 metal slats representing a digit or one bit.
Computers use bits, not digits, however. Bits can only be '0' or '1'. For this reason computers use base 2, also called the binary number system.
In the binary number system, a number such as 11010, each place represents a power of 2, just as each place represents a power of 10 in the decimal number system. The right-most bit is the 1's place; the bit to its left is the 2's place, the bit to its left is the 4's place, then the 8's place, the 16's place, the 32's place, the 64's place, the 128's place, and so on. So we translate 11010 to mean 1 sixteen, 1 eight, 0 fours, 1 two, and 0 ones, or, again,
1 * 2^4 + 1 * 2^3 + 0 * 2^2 + 1 * 2^1 + 0 * 2^0 To see what 11010 is in the decimal numbers we know and love, we can reeevaluate this in base 10: 16 + 8 + 0 + 2 + 0 = 26.
Displays binary number systems and potential curiousity for other various representation of numbers. The Binary value can represent upto 2^32 numbers. This project can serve as a platform and inspiration for future software developers as it leaves much room for additional implementation such as 2'complement or digital logic, etc.
This Wave illustration is made for the DynamicWall at MoMath NYC. https://github.com/momath/dynamic-wall
Dynamic Wall is the huge sculpture-esque exhibit you saw on the right hand side as you entered the Museum. It has 128 metal slats, the depth of which are individually controllable on both the top and the bottom. Use the surface or creases between the slabs to create interesting and mathematically-illuminating effects. This project uses the programming language Processing.
Waves are always around us in the form of sound, radio, wifi ect. Yet due to its invisible nature to us, we may not be aware of the properties of waves. This visulization shows 2 sine waves coming from either side and their interaction as they collide in the centre. It demonstrate phenomenons of wave such as constructive or destructive interference as they intersect with each other.
Follow the instructions on https://github.com/momath/dynamic-wall.
