matt.krass
Compute
I spent a large portion of my day today working with math and trying to work out a relatively easy to compute algorithm for finding targets with an ultrasonic rangefinder. While I didn't actually use my venerable TI-89, it is a much better representative of heavy math than a computer screen! Most engineers my age have some variant of this calculator from college, though I'm not sure how often we use them anymore! I suppose this is my generation's slide rule, good luck trying to use that with a tie! seen here is more experimentation with the solid white background, which I improvised by laying printer paper under the calculator and shooting tight. I also pushed up the highlights to eliminate ghosts of text on the other side of the paper, it's not perfect, you can still see it, and a fold where two pages overlap, but it didn't cost me anything!
Compute
I spent a large portion of my day today working with math and trying to work out a relatively easy to compute algorithm for finding targets with an ultrasonic rangefinder. While I didn't actually use my venerable TI-89, it is a much better representative of heavy math than a computer screen! Most engineers my age have some variant of this calculator from college, though I'm not sure how often we use them anymore! I suppose this is my generation's slide rule, good luck trying to use that with a tie! seen here is more experimentation with the solid white background, which I improvised by laying printer paper under the calculator and shooting tight. I also pushed up the highlights to eliminate ghosts of text on the other side of the paper, it's not perfect, you can still see it, and a fold where two pages overlap, but it didn't cost me anything!